I was very sorry indeed to have missed the Earthcare Gathering at the end of October. When I read the epistle, I was struck by these words, “We have been challenged to consider our own attitudes to money. If we knew we would lose all our assets in six weeks’ time, what would we do?”
I was astonished, because that was the very thing that had just happened to me. A few days before the Earthcare Gathering, our non-profit Company had slipped into administration, and it is likely that I shall lose almost all my personal assets. I am taking this as a significant learning point. It is clear to me that life without this money will still be joyful and exciting. What shall I do? I don't know yet, and I don’t feel in a rush to find out. I am seeking my forward path through spiritual discernment, knowing that “something” will happen.
As I look at the alarming state of the world, and the even more alarming news from COP30 in Belem telling us that the human beings/nations with oil reserves are determined to use it for economic growth, (and so WOULD NOT agree to putting the “transition to a fossil-fuel free future” words into the final document), I am full of acceptance. Alarm is a typical human reaction to the way the world is when we don’t want it to be like that. I have faith, and feel sure there is nothing wrong. God’s plan is God’s plan. “Something” will happen, and that will be the right thing.
Jackie Carpenter