It’s the start of the new year. Not just any new year but the start of the next decade. A decade that could well be my last! At the start of the last decade I was gainfully employed at the University of Surrey but only 16 months later I embarked on a new pathway as an independent writer, publisher and facilitator. A few months later I created my website and started my blog to some curate some of the events in my life. It has been an interesting decade and a lot has happened to me and my family and most of what happened to me was not planned it emerged from and through the milieu that is life. As I interacted with the world and caused some sort of disturbance in it, the world interacted with me and caused some sort of disturbance in me. A good example of this was the invitation I received last June, from the Harvard LILA team to contribute to their inquiry into learning ecologies. My involvement in LILA was a direct result of me interacting with the world to explore the idea of learnig ecologies and sharing my ideas. More and more I realise that everything that has gone before – what John Dewey would call my undergoing – feeds into my present thinking and guides my decisions and actions for the next stage of my undergoing.
So what of the next decade? At the start of every year I wonder what next? And every year interesting possibilities seem to emerge. I start this year with optimism. I am looking forward to meeting Doug Cole who is interested in joining me on the lifewide education project which I feel is need of a serious injection of energy and new ideas. I am also thinking about my new book project although I have yet to decide on the idea I will explore. But I am confident that with a bit of imagination and an open disposition something will emerge as I interact with this beautiful and unpredictable world.
As I drove past a cemetry near where I live which looks onto Box Hill .I was struck by the brighteness and beauty of it all. The hill was covered in low cloud, but the whole scene was framed by a deep blue sky. I could not imagine a more peaceful and uplifting final resting place. It seemed to provide me with a rich metaphor for the past, the present and an eternal future fullof hope and possibility.
So what of the next decade? At the start of every year I wonder what next? And every year interesting possibilities seem to emerge. I start this year with optimism. I am looking forward to meeting Doug Cole who is interested in joining me on the lifewide education project which I feel is need of a serious injection of energy and new ideas. I am also thinking about my new book project although I have yet to decide on the idea I will explore. But I am confident that with a bit of imagination and an open disposition something will emerge as I interact with this beautiful and unpredictable world.
As I drove past a cemetry near where I live which looks onto Box Hill .I was struck by the brighteness and beauty of it all. The hill was covered in low cloud, but the whole scene was framed by a deep blue sky. I could not imagine a more peaceful and uplifting final resting place. It seemed to provide me with a rich metaphor for the past, the present and an eternal future fullof hope and possibility.
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