Putting The Pieces Together...
MAY 19, 2008
What do you do when tragedy touches your community???
People need to gather with family, and friends...
Sharing all that comes with loss,
picking up the pieces,
and rebuilding with the love that holds us together...
Having something to do, can really help...
like build a labyrinth that all can share in the making
and in the walking...
This was the intention of friend and local artist Kim Collet...
She designed this beautiful four-circuit labyrinth...
All made out of pieces of broken tile...
Over 400 students and numerous parents have worked on the project
and this sweet labyrinth is stunning
in beauty and intention...
People need to gather with family, and friends...
Sharing all that comes with loss,
picking up the pieces,
and rebuilding with the love that holds us together...
Having something to do, can really help...
like build a labyrinth that all can share in the making
and in the walking...
This was the intention of friend and local artist Kim Collet...
She designed this beautiful four-circuit labyrinth...
All made out of pieces of broken tile...
Over 400 students and numerous parents have worked on the project
and this sweet labyrinth is stunning
in beauty and intention...
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Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!