Sometimes I find myself compelled
to do something,
knowing it must happen,
yet having little idea why
or what might unfold from it.

There is only the next step revealed:
just pick up the pen
and see what unfolds.

It arrives as a gentle insistence
that pushes with a firm pressure
that doesn’t recognise resistance.

This is the genesis of the book.
Each stage in its unfolding
came as a thread to pull on.
It didn’t exactly write itself,
but as a perspective
that recognised resonance—
a knowing when the words landed as truth
and carried the meaning
wanting to be made explicit.

I never knew the book
would be a key.

Yet as I was writing it,
it began to open doors,
carrying the essence
of the field of presence
we’d cultivated for three years
out into the world
beyond any containment.

It led me back to Jeff,
after too many years of not speaking.
Jeff loved it.
Jeff published it.
Jeff launched it online
in conversation with Anne and myself.

We were all surprised
at the release of interest and energy
that accompanied the event—
and by the depth of response
that rippled back
from those receiving its gift.

Those ripples are now radiating out
in all directions,
bouncing back with
messages of joy, encouragement, enthusiasm,
participation and connection.

What started as a few words on a page
has become a catalyst
that carries an unknown potential.

Watch out, world…