Celebrating wins builds momentum, boosts confidence and fosters gratitude, acknowledging that small steps can lead to big achievements.
Today I'm celebrating by looking back at all the posts in this series and marvelling at all I've learned, all I've folded, and how much I've enjoyed the process.
Today, I feel like a winner.
Thank you for helping me make the Season for Nonviolence 2026 something to cheer about!
Penguin designed by Gay Merrill Gross
"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."
- Sylvia Plath
Creativity isn't always about inventing something brand new. Sometimes it's the thrill of noticing patterns - like constellations in the night sky - and exploring the spaces between them.
I love repeating favorite folds. Each one lets my ideas orbit, spin, and collide, letting sparks of inspiration light up in unexpected ways.
Today I'm practicing creativity by following curiosity, intuition, and emotion, trusting that even the smallest spark can become a guiding star.
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
- John Lennon
Dreaming isn't always reaching for something far away. Sometimes it's simply listening for what wants to emerge.
This little kitty, in his galaxy window, feels to me like the threshold between waking and dreaming - a liminal space where imagination, hope and possibility live.
Today I'm practicing dreaming by reminding myself that there is more out there than what I can see right now.
Frame designed and taught by Chisshy Origami on YouTube.
"Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen."
- Brene Brown
Courage doesn't always look dramatic.
Today, it is simply beginning. Knowing I won't do this perfectly and starting anyway.
Sometimes that's enough.
"Only when it's dark enough, can you see the stars."
Martin Luther King Jr.
Tomorrow, January 30th, marks the beginning of the Season for Nonviolence, a 64-day practice observed internationally between the anniversaries of the deaths of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This year, I'm choosing to enter this season through a personal daily practice: folding paper, paying attention, and spending a few minutes each day with one of the values connected to nonviolence.
This isn’t a teaching series or a set of instructions. It’s simply a record of practice, what I’m noticing, what I’m trying, what feels possible on a given day.
Origami slows me down. It asks for care, patience, and a willingness to begin again. That feels like a useful place to stand right now.
If this practice offers something to you, a pause, a thought, a moment of steadiness, you’re welcome to take what you find useful and leave the rest.
Click the links below if you'd like to explore this more deeply in your own way.
Specifically, I’ll be following the Season for Nonviolence values as outlined by the Gandhi Foundation, alongside reflection prompts developed by the Gandhi Institute.
Mostly, though, I’ll just be folding one day at a time.
Finally, love to all beings.
To form this modular kusudama, or “medicine ball” (isn’t that appropriate?!?) multiple units are folded and interlocked, just like our connections and relationships build and contain us.
May love and compassionate relationships fill this and all of our days for the sake of all beings.
Many thanks for being with me on this journey, and for being “in it for all the love”.
There's a legend in Japan that if you fold one thousand origami cranes your wish will be granted. That noble endeavor can take the average folder more than 60 hours! 
