Freedom is...

Being able to get out to the cliffs on a Monday morning to enjoy the beautiful wildflowers…

And running…

And getting in the sea without needing to wear any clothes…

And being immersed in the thick of it, land and sea and sky…

And not seeing anyone else…

And enjoying the abundance…

And getting off the beaten path to little visited bays with the sun now out…

Guernsey drives me mad at times. I am very rooted in the land and there are still pockets of magic thank goodness, but the politicians and developers are doing their very best to ruin it, far too much development, far too many cars, far to much materialism and far too much greed…I find myself longing for those days well gone where there was more space and simplicity and people lived in houses to shelter themselves, when it didn’t matter about size or location, when all of the island was valued and the road works didn’t drive us to the same degree of distraction and frustration!

But regardless, the island is still beautiful, the spring flowers are stunning, we are very lucky, there is much to be grateful for and I am very grateful to call this island home, to have been born and bred here, to have its essence in my bones. This is sacred land when one gets beyond the commercial and the nonsense.

Out on the cliffs you can forget about everything else, you can’t hear the traffic and while there are pockets of housing, some extravagant, you can ignore them too, looking out to sea, freedom awaits, space, simplicity, the elements, life slows down…we merge back into nature, for we are nature, if only we remembered this.

Enjoy the wane to the new moon, the energy is manic, it’s a time to stabilise, get low to the earth, do your very best to slow down and go within…and get out on the cliffs and down to the beach and into the sea and breathe the fresh air, get hands in the earth, feet bare, there is much magic if you can open to it.

Love Emma x