Many folks who came by last night were social change-makers themselves, and after some collective silence, and we opened with Tom Callanan's reading of The Fifth Monk to kick off the inspiration..

The diversity and richness in the room was amazing with folks representing many different parts of Africa, that made for some thought-provoking and deep dialogue - e.g. many regimes and terrorist groups would consider themselves doing the work of the fifth monk, so who do we place our trust to do that work? Or when it came to the call for climate action - what is the "work" that is needed when your country is carbon neutral/negative yet on the receiving end of climate devastation with rivers that are drying up and displacing entire populations not caused by your own action?

A couple of reflections that ended the night for our own journeys - Have we asked "why" enough times to get to the root cause? Do we believe progress is linear or otherwise? What are the processes for how we as a society transform from caterpillar to butterfly? Who do we have to be, to be the change we want to see? :)

While we had hosted many circles, this was the first time we worked up our courage to offer dinner for twenty people in a kitchen a quarter the size of what we were used to. And while being very nervous at first, everything magically fell into place - we had just the right number of chairs and cushions, and just the right amount of food, and a dish-washing line formed at the end to recycle the plates. We felt incredibly held by this ecosystem and all that had gone before us, and a new appreciation for how Aunty Harshida's kitchen has run for 19 years for the thousands that have gone through "the right house".

Super grateful to you all this beautiful Sunday!