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Reflections 24th November

Simplicity. Starting with a Place to Belong.

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Richard Merrick
Nov 24, 2024
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In his book Belonging, Owen Eastwood recounts how, as a twelve-year-old, having lost his father six years earlier and feeling adrift, he wrote a letter to the office of Ngãi Tahu, the Maori tribe his father belonged to, asking, “What do you know about who I am?”
He received a simple reply. “You Belong”.

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