A Spiritual Life

At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it. Thich Nhat Hanh

When I was a child, someone told me that if I caught a leaf falling from a tree, before it hit the ground I’d receive good luck. I spent years walking under trees, watching for falling leaves… ready to catch one.

What this really introduced me to - was the notion of the universe… of energy, and how we interact with it. How spirit can exist within us, and the world- it’s power to frame the ordinary, and create paths of purity, magic and potential .

‘Spirituality is, logic having magic, beyond normal understanding’ Amit Ray

I was born into a Christian family and went to church every Sunday. Our faith was centred around community and service. It was a foundational part of my childhood - I didn’t question it or doubt it. It just was.

As I grew up, I moved away from this sense of religion - partly because my family physically moved away from the town, and therefore the church I grew up in. But also, as I started to question the world around me and my place in it.

I have always seen myself as a spiritual person. However, this is a side of me I felt a stranger to as I moved from childhood into a young adult. Now, in my thirties, I have gradually returned to my spirit, and have found faith and strength in it again.