Letters From the Mountain
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A weekly letter from the mountains in East Flores, Indonesia. About courage, belonging, and the beautiful mess of beginning again.
These aren’t essays written from hindsight: they’re field notes from the middle of it all.
Each letter explores what happens when life takes a new shape: how we rebuild, find our place, discover presence, and learn to trust again.
You’ll find stories about courage in quiet moments, renewal after loss, and the calm that comes when we stop forcing outcomes.
When Simple Isn’t Easy (Lessons From an Off-Grid Life)
‘The dream of a simple life often hides the truth that simplicity asks more of you than chaos ever did. Between the beauty and the work, faith becomes the thread that holds it all together…’
Theme: Letting go, faith, and finding meaning in the everyday.
When Purpose Steps Aside (And Presence Takes Its Place)
‘When purpose falls away, what’s left is presence, the small, sacred noticing of what still remains…’
Theme: Letting go, faith, and finding meaning in the everyday.
When Death Stops Everything (And Why That's Sacred)
‘When death stops everything, the world keeps moving: yet you’re left holding the silence, learning to breathe again in its shadow...’
Theme: Grief, faith, and the fragile courage to keep going.
This week’s letter:
When Purpose Steps Aside (And Presence Takes Its Place)
‘When purpose falls away, what’s left is presence, the small, sacred noticing of what still remains…’
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