Changing Paths Challenge day 13: Roots and wings

Today’s prompt is a reference to Carolyn McDade’s classic song, Spirit of Life, which contains the line “roots hold me close, wings set me free”.

My family roots are in nonconformist churches but there’s also a strong tradition of loving Nature. My Mum loved Nature and so did her Mum. I feel very strongly rooted in the chalk and flint hills of Hampshire and Sussex in England.

As a result of these roots, there are certain religious ideas that speak to me strongly: the desire to discover my own relationship with the divine and to work out my own truths; the Protestant idea of the priesthood of all believers, and the idea of there not being any particular revelation to a specific group of people.

What gives me freedom to fly is my love of poetry and art and music and literature.

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Changing Paths is published by 1000Volt Press and is available from all the usual online stores. Ask your local bookseller or library to stock it!

The goal of the book is to help you decide your own path by guiding you through the perils and pitfalls of the terrain, and asking questions to help you deepen your understanding of the reasons for your desire to change paths.