Singing Wolves

31/08/2026

Why do we keep finding ourselves here?

You promise yourself you’ll stop saying yes when you mean no.
Then someone asks a favour, “Of course” comes out of your mouth, and there goes the afternoon you’d kept for yourself.

Sometimes knowing what we ought to do is easier than understanding why we do something else.

The Ten of Wands in tarot pictures someone carrying a great armful of staffs. Looking at it, we might ask: “Are all of those his to carry?”

An image can give us a little distance from a familiar difficulty—and a question we had not thought to ask.

Caring for other people doesn’t mean we have to leave ourselves out. Perhaps a small beginning is simply: “Let me think about that and get back to you.”

Is there somewhere in your life where a pause would give you more room to choose?

This week’s website Reflection explores how tarot and stories can help us look at familiar patterns with fresh eyes.

https://www.singingwolves.com/post/why-do-we-keep-finding-ourselves-here

15/08/2026

Walking the dogs this morning. Nothing remarkable happened, but for a little while, there was nowhere else I needed to be, nothing else I needed to do. Just walking, being there, just being.

14/08/2026

**Sometimes we don't need more time. We need a little space within the time we already have.**

I walked the dogs early this morning, before the heat of the day.

There were other people beginning their mornings too. A woman walking her pack of dogs across the field. A man with a young collie. A runner overtaking us rather more energetically than I was ever likely to manage.

And one solitary pigeon quietly gleaning in the grass.

Nothing remarkable happened.

But for a little while there was nowhere else I needed to be.

No messages to answer. Nothing to accomplish. No need to decide what came next.

Just an early morning field, sunshine, the dogs and people passing by.

We often talk about wanting more time.

Perhaps what we sometimes need isn't more time at all.

It's to leave a little of the time we already have unfilled.

A place in the day where, for a while, nothing needs to happen.

And we can simply be there.

11/08/2026

Sometimes life isn't bad at all.
And yet we can still have that quiet feeling that something is missing — something we meant to do, somewhere we meant to go, or perhaps simply another way of being.
Not all gateways appear where we expect them.
And we don't always know where they lead.
I've been reflecting on this after finding another unexpected gateway while walking the dogs.
There's a longer version in my latest Reflection on the Singing Wolves website — link in bio.

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09/08/2026

Your life isn't bad. But is it the life you really want?

Your life doesn't have to be falling apart for you to want something to change.

Sometimes things are actually quite all right.

And yet there's that quiet sense that something is missing.

Something you once meant to do.
A different direction.
An interest never explored.
Perhaps simply the feeling that there ought to be something more.

I was thinking about this while walking the dogs recently.

I often come across little openings in hedges and woodland and find myself wondering where they lead.

Not all gateways appear where we expect them to.

Perhaps opportunities are rather like that too.

A conversation.
An invitation.
Someone we hadn't expected to meet.
An idea that keeps returning.

They don't arrive with signs saying:

THIS WAY TO YOUR NEW LIFE.

We may not even recognise them as important at the time.

And, of course, we can't know exactly where they'll take us.

Sometimes we have to step through before we discover what's on the other side.

I've written a little more about this — and about a piece of advice a life coach gave me years ago that I've never forgotten — in today's Sunday Reflection.

Sometimes it's enough to notice that the gateway is there.
Your life isn't bad. But is it the life you really want?

Your life doesn't have to be falling apart for you to want something to change.

Sometimes things are actually quite all right.

And yet there's that quiet sense that something is missing.

Something you once meant to do.
A different direction.
An interest never explored.
Perhaps simply the feeling that there ought to be something more.

I was thinking about this while walking the dogs recently.

I often come across little openings in hedges and woodland and find myself wondering where they lead.

Not all gateways appear where we expect them to.

Perhaps opportunities are rather like that too.

A conversation.
An invitation.
Someone we hadn't expected to meet.
An idea that keeps returning.

They don't arrive with signs saying:

THIS WAY TO YOUR NEW LIFE.

We may not even recognise them as important at the time.

And, of course, we can't know exactly where they'll take us.

Sometimes we have to step through before we discover what's on the other side.

I've written a little more about this — and about a piece of advice a life coach gave me years ago that I've never forgotten — in today's Sunday Reflection.

Sometimes it's enough to notice that the gateway is there.

Your life isn't bad. But is it the life you really want?

Your life doesn't have to be falling apart for you to want something to change.

Sometimes things are actually quite all right.

And yet there's that quiet sense that something is missing.

Something you once meant to do.
A different direction.
An interest never explored.
Perhaps simply the feeling that there ought to be something more.

I was thinking about this while walking the dogs recently.

I often come across little openings in hedges and woodland and find myself wondering where they lead.

Not all gateways appear where we expect them to.

Perhaps opportunities are rather like that too.

A conversation.
An invitation.
Someone we hadn't expected to meet.
An idea that keeps returning.

They don't arrive with signs saying:

THIS WAY TO YOUR NEW LIFE.

We may not even recognise them as important at the time.

And, of course, we can't know exactly where they'll take us.

Sometimes we have to step through before we discover what's on the other side.

I've written a little more about this — and about a piece of advice a life coach gave me years ago that I've never forgotten — in today's Sunday Reflection.

Sometimes it's enough to notice that the gateway is there.

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07/08/2026

I went shopping this morning and passed two young workmen outside the shop, still in their overalls and hi-vis, doing scratchcards.

I wished them luck.

They both smiled, and one said he was hoping for a million.

He'd won £5.

It made me smile as I walked away.

Young or old, perhaps we're not so very different.

We all have our dreams.

Some are worth a million pounds.

Some can't be bought for any amount of money.

And some of them, fortunately, don't depend on a scratchcard.

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04/08/2026

♥️

04/08/2026

**Do I Need to Start All Over Again?**

Last night I dreamed of a Lego model.

It was already built.

I didn't want to take it apart.

I only wanted to change two or three small pieces.

When I woke, I found myself wondering how often we assume life needs rebuilding.

A new job.

A new home.

A new relationship.

A completely different direction.

But perhaps that's not always what life is asking of us.

Perhaps much of what we've already built is good.

Perhaps only a few pieces no longer belong.

One other part of the dream stayed with me.

Before I could change anything, I first had to find somewhere to park.

Perhaps that's true in waking life too.

Maybe before we change our lives, we first need somewhere to stop.

I've written a longer reflection about the dream on the Singing Wolves website for anyone who'd like to read it.

Sometimes changing two or three pieces may be enough.

02/08/2026

IS YOUR LIFE SO FULL THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO ENJOY IT?

Over the past week, I’ve been clearing and sorting things at home.

Some were easy to let go. Others carried memories, old intentions and versions of myself I once was—or once hoped to become.

Yet as the rooms have gradually cleared, they almost seem to breathe more easily around me.

I’ve also created a better place to sit beside the pond. In the evenings, we’ve been sitting there with a glass of wine, listening to the waterfall and watching the light fade.

Perhaps making space isn’t only about getting rid of things.

Perhaps it’s about making room for ourselves — and for whatever might be waiting to enter our lives next.

What might become possible in your life if you made a little more space for it?

I’ve written more about this in my Sunday Reflection:

Life can seem too full sometimes to make space for the things we really want. Clearing the way can be difficult, but it opens the way for new things to come into our lives.

31/07/2026

Making room for what matters

This week has been full of clearing, sorting and making space.
Cupboards, corners of the house, bits of the garden… all those small outward tasks that sometimes reflect something inward too.

We’ve also been making a better seating area beside the pond, and in the evenings we’ve been sitting there with a glass of wine, listening to the waterfall and watching the light soften — with the occasional fish jumping high enough to splash me.

With the full moon only just past, and Lughnasa approaching tomorrow, it feels like a small turning point.

A reminder that growth is not always about adding more.
Sometimes it is about clearing away what no longer belongs.
Sometimes it is about making room to notice and enjoy what is already here.

What are you ready to clear away — and what in your life deserves to be enjoyed a little more?

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