I wondered why I was hesitating to write something about the glorious Sille Lundquist, a dear Street Wisdom friend who passed away in January. And then I received a shared email from her “fan club” (thank you HeartSpace) letting me know yesterday would have been her birthday. It’s so much more lifeful to mark the day someone was born than the day they died Especially someone like Sille who was ALL about life and living it.
The sustainability activist Sian Sutherland (of PlasticPlanet) introduced us and Sille, whose wonderful, heart-filled work (check out her Being Human projects) included holding open-air meditation sessions in the city, opened her arms to Street Wisdom. Together we led a magical event in Copenhagen (see the blogpost here). And planted an urban mindfulness seed in Denmark.
You just have to listen to one of the many meditations she recorded to get a sense of this extraordinary human.
I’m going to state the obvious. Sille was beautiful. From the soul outwards. Those who were with her at the end say she left as she lived – in peace – gazing at the mountains. It was heartbreaking to hear she’d gone. I confess, I wept big, fat tears into my laptop. But when I reflect on it, the reason I wasn’t in a hurry to mark her passing is because, in the work she did and the effect she had on us, Sille’s still here. Happy Birthday.
PS And while we are thinking about people who’ve made a lasting impact, shout out (or is that up?) to Mark Adams. Indelible Mark is how we think of him. The inspiration for our Members Club and an irrepressible Tigger of a man. Wander well, Mark
