The Restory Retreat Centre

Paying attention requires no equipment, no special clothes, no greens fees or personal trainers... All you need is a body on this earth, willing to notice where it is, trusting that something as small as a hazelnut can become an altar in this world.                                                                                                    Barbara Brown Taylor

I feel a little bit like Dorothy: on her way with her odd companions (sorry George!), to see the Wizard of Oz, feeling hopeful that at last, someone will be able to help them satisfy their deepest desires and help Dorothy get back home.      Thing is, I am home. And I’m off in little more than a week, together with George, to visit Pieter and Linda in Prague! So what is this that I am feeling?      I sit quietly, waiting for understanding to come. Susan Boyle is singing Daydream believer . Maybe there’s something in the lyrics that can give me a clue. If nothing happens by chance, then sock it to me, Susan!      The lyrics are beautiful, gentle and completely beyond me! Oh, what can it mean To a daydream believer And a  homecoming queen? Indeed!      So maybe insight will flow out my fingers as I write. Let’s see: I feel hopeful, for one, but for what exactly, I don’t know. A sense of anticipation, as...