An invitation to read

Nowadays life can be very challenging. A busy life of demands that speed us up and throws simplicity and values to the bottom of our priority list. We fight to find the time for ourselves and for our children.

Children are naturally creative, as they are discovering themselves and building their own future. The seeds that will become the adult trees. They dream relying on their wishes and beliefs. 

And what about us, the grown-ups? Have we stopped dreaming? Have we really stopped believing in simplicity and its beauty?

We, the authors of this collection, find reading to be a way of cherishing dreams and opening ourselves to emotions in the safety of our own space. At the same time, it's an experience of quietness.

So here's our invitation: why don't you sit with the youngest for a little while? Read together a story about true values such as freedom, generosity, friendship, empathy, compassion and love. Connect to those days when you used to dream with no judgement. At a certain point the world will be in silence and you will find your inner voice speaking. Just like children do.

It might be that this invitation to read turns out to be an invitation to listen. Listen to your inner voice and create.

                                                                                             With love,

                                                                                              Ana, Steve and Sónia

                                                                                              thetreeandtheseed@gmail.com

The Authors: two portuguese ladies and an english gentleman

Ana M. Salgueiro    Sónia M. Salgueiro   Stephen Beane