“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That line from Nelson Mandela has really been carrying me lately. I’m in one of those seasons where I’m building something I care deeply about, but it is asking so much of me. Every day I seem to be learning something new, because so much of what I’m doing, I’ve never done before. It’s draining, time-consuming, rewarding, exciting and honestly a bit overwhelming at times too. But I keep thinking about how many things in life felt impossible to me… until I did them. Until I learnt them. Until I overcame them. Until I realised I was actually capable of more than I thought. This morning I was reading a chapter written by my friend Lauren Kinghorn in Everyday Miracles, and it made me think about what miracles really are. Sometimes they are not huge dramatic moments. Sometimes they are the everyday impossibilities that stay impossible until we make them happen. And I think that’s where I am right now. Just quietly building. Quietly learning. Quietly proving to myself that I can do things I once thought were beyond me. So if something feels impossible to you right now, maybe it is not impossible at all. Maybe it is just waiting for you to keep going.

Happiest of Birthdays, dear @Silver Ramsay! May your life be blessed with all the joy, love, abundance, and wonder imaginable! Have an incredible day celebrating YOU!!! ⭐ 😘 🥂 🪩 ✨ 🌌

I hope you have had a week of fulfilment, however that looked for you. This week, our Gathered Gold post included a poem from Walt Whitman, and we discovered that we have a Walt Whitman fan in our group ❤️. Also in our chat we discovered that poetry can come in many forms - even music! and we also welcomed our newest member to Silver Thread. This week, I’ve relocated back to where I call home for now - Da Nang, Vietnam. And even though much has changed, it feels as though I never left. I joined a writing club that meets weekly, and it really fills my heart to spend time with wonderful, clever, like-minded souls. It feels a bit like this group ;) One of our subjects this week was letter writing. I had already been thinking a lot about it recently, and even included it as a prompt in your complimentary chapter, Your Beginning. Letter writing feels like something of a dying art form, but there is something undeniably special about receiving a letter. It just hits differently than a text or an email. Something deeply human. Letters are true life in an envelope - beautiful. So this week, I’m writing a letter home to someone special. I’d love to invite you to write your own letter too. It can be to a family member, a friend, a stranger you once knew, a teacher, a special soul - or even to yourself. Whether you send it or not is entirely up to you. Have a wonderful weekend. Love always, Silver

Apologies for being a little absent but I have been hard at work, creating the content and editing videos for my course. I am so excited and delighted to announce that my Journaling course is live! I have also not forgotten my lovely members gifts🎁 which are now available for you, my wonderful members in the gift section of the classroom. Enjoy!

Today I would love to officially welcome in our newest member @Viktoria Chervenkova. A warm welcome to you and thank you for bringing your beautiful energy to us. Over the past few days I am reminded why I started this group and indeed Lovecore. Living with chronic Illness, can feel lonely and the need for connection and understanding is important. I wanted to create a space that would feel energised, positive, empowered. Not toxic positivity, just something real, something alive, with like minded people who love life, who want to heal from the inside out. I learned that it wasn’t just people living with chronic illness that needed the space, it’s for everyone on a healing journey…burnt out, feeling lost, life changes, healing trauma, loss, tired of loving everyone else except yourself. Lovecore is for everyone - because, everyone should love themselves better. Song of the Open Road - Walt Whitman https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48859/song-of-the-open-road?utm_source=chatgpt.com Today’s poem is just gorgeous! And I feel like it really embraces that feeling of loving life. I love it so much, it made me smile which is why I wanted to share it with you today. I think the meaning behind it, is that, we really don’t need to have it all figured out, we just need to enjoy life / the journey! The adventure! What do you think?