I am so excited for the road ahead and am looking forward to watching our new space become home. I see the potential for the deepening and blooming of the school. I know that some of you were and are still disappointed by the school’s departure from the Springs. One of the things I’ve learned this summer is how hard disappointment is for me, and I certainly understand if you are feeling disappointment too. The process of leaving Colorado Springs and moving to Denver began suddenly and unexpectedly, just when we were trying to dig in deeper and plant ourselves in the Springs more solidly. When instead we uprooted, it was disconcerting to say the least. It felt like a fire or earthquake had swept through everything I had been building over the last two years. My survival strategies kicked into high gear and played a role in how quickly we left the Springs – without a place to go. At the same time, I knew that something bigger was literally reorienting the school. And even though I’m excited about the changes, I too have struggled.
Expectations are quite the teacher, aren’t they? Sometimes I wonder when I will learn. The strong belief that things will turn out the way we expect will broadside all of us – but what really matters is what’s inside us that keeps us going and who’s around us to lift us up. These last few months have been full of highs and lows for me. I haven’t always liked what I’ve discovered, and I haven’t always known whether I could keep going. Turns out it wasn’t up to me, nor dependent on my capacity. And when the fog cleared, and we found our new home, what everyone around me could see was clear to me as well. With whatever time and resources I have, I want to bring depth, aliveness, beauty and meaning to as many lives as I can.
We are given the tools we are given. Yes, we can learn and, if we are fortunate, buy new tools, but we all use what we have to the best of our ability, always doing the best we can.
The world is both a hard place and a beautiful place. I find myself immensely challenged in these times to hold all the beauty and all the cruelty. These are muscles we are all having to build. These are strengths we each can see in each other. As I often say, in this crazy mixed up world, there’s nothing left to do except be as beautiful as we can. May you do that in your own unique way.
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