In 2012 I spent a few weeks in Nepal and five of those days were based at a small school in the mountainous village of Lahachowk. I have chosen these images for today’s blog piece as they remind me that in our minds we can always be free. Sometimes we are physically trapped by poverty, illness, our environment or a whole host of other circumstances that afflict our world but when we dance, play, sing and explore with the mind of a child we are free. Children see the world with the hope that we sometimes put to one side as adults, this month I am sitting back and trying to clear the negative fog from my eyes so that I might see with that clarity and vision. The world is a beautiful place and even in the most difficult circumstances it is a world where we can find love, joy and the hope of a brighter future.

Greeting the day outside the classroom.

Greeting the day outside the classroom.

Paper planes take to the sky and imagination soars

Paper planes take to the sky and imagination soars

1.Waiting for Teacher

Children the world over sit in their classrooms day-dreaming about world beyond the walls

Looking out the window with a head full of dreams

Looking out the window with a head full of dreams

We have lost the value of creativity in education in our UK based education system. At this small school dance was held as something to be treasured.

We have lost the value of creativity in education in our UK based education system. At this small school dance was held as something to be treasured.

Lighting up the world with colour

Lighting up the world with colour

We find our grace and courage in the grace given by others

We find our grace and courage in the grace given by others

Let us never put aside our love of learning

Let us never put aside our love of learning