It was pre-2020, and I was full of hope and vision, bursting with an idea of starting something. I wasn’t sure what it was, but it might include enneagram work, spiritual direction, and various other ‘life enriching’ elements. I called it Flourish, as in, to flourish in life. When I looked for a web domain, Flourish was taken (no surprise there), so I started playing with words to flesh out the vision I had in my head, settling on ‘Engage, Rest, Flourish”.
Those words represented the mix of doing and being that seemed core to human flourishing, and I still think that’s a decent assumption. During that hope filled season, I was experiencing some of the deepest spiritual beauty that I ever had, and it was happening after a bout of cancer that had gutted me and our young family. It seemed that maybe all I (we’d) gone through might be leading to something truly full and rich ahead, and I dreamed of bringing others along on that kind of ride.
But like life so often does, it twisted and turned and that season of beauty ended up being a small oasis between the cancer and the next stretch of hell and heartbreak.
My Flourish site has sat vacant, even as I got certified in the Enneagram and am nearing completion of my training as a spiritual director. At this point I have no illusions of prescriptive answers to inspire flourishing in myself or others, but I do believe flourishing is possible, even if the road there is long and winding. My hope is that here you will find a door to the rest and connection that you need, and a safe companion for the journey.
To just getting started,
Sharlin