Flowing with the Rivers of Change
What if the land itself could tell you how to bring it back to life?
In the windswept north of Scotland, a handful of people listened, and an abandoned sandy dumpsite became a lush, world-famous garden. The Findhorn community was founded when its early residents began receiving guidance from the voices of Nature on how to care for the soil and plants. The results were astonishing: vegetables of extraordinary size, forty-pound cabbages among them, drew international attention. People came from far and wide, and over time an eco-village grew around the gardens.
In 2021, a devastating fire destroyed Findhorn’s community center and sanctuary. Now, the community is in a time of restructuring, its gardens struggling, and its next chapter still uncertain. There’s a beautiful documentary on YouTube called Findhorn in the River of Change that tells the story.
Findhorn’s journey resonates deeply with me and with the story of The Light Center. In any community, when the founders step back or pass on, a new era must emerge. I’ve heard this echoed in many other places too; when those who have carried the workload for years need new hands and hearts to step forward. The founding story evolves, the work shifts, and the future asks to be reimagined.
As the founder of TLC, I am now standing on that same threshold. It is essential for me to let go into whatever trajectory emerges, allowing new and different people to assume more leadership and responsibility. This requires surrender, and surrender is not a simple thing!
Part of me is ready to embrace my role as grandmother to five beautiful beings, who are scattered in Pennsylvania, Texas, and California. For years I have missed the sweetness of simply being with them. And yet, another part of me remains deeply connected to this sacred land and the vision of TLC. I feel the call to share the knowledge I have gathered over decades. The practical lessons of running a center, yes, but more importantly, the heart-deep wisdom about healing into wholeness.
The truth is, we are all in a time of vast transition. As Zac Bush, MD, recently said, the next five years may bring more change than any of us have ever known. He warns that our hearts will shatter as we witness the collapse of what we thought was permanent. And yet, he also reminds us that such breaking will lead us back to remembering why we are here.
This, I believe, is the work before all of us now: to flow with the rivers of change, to surrender when the current takes us somewhere new, and to trust that the next chapter will carry its own kind of beauty.
A Blessing for the Journey
May you find yourself held, even when the ground shifts beneath your feet.
May the river carry you with grace, even when its course is unknown.
And may you remember, always, that letting go is not the end of the story,
it is the beginning of the next one.
-Robin