💚Yesterday, I witnessed something quietly beautiful.💚
As part of the Stoic Pilgrim Fellowship, we live by a Field Manual of 12 principles — ethical anchors for how we move, think, and act. One of them is Generational Generosity: the idea that our actions today should benefit those who will come after us.
A small group of fellows travelled to Ambleside to plant Sessile Oak trees. Oaks live for centuries and, over their lifetime, support thousands of other species. They are not just trees — they are ecosystems, legacies, and future habitats.
With the gentle strength of fell ponies, generously shared by Tom Lloyd from Fell Pony Adventures, we carried the saplings up a hillside being nurtured back to resilience by Richard, planting not only trees, but hope and continuity.
- We may never see these oaks in their full glory.
- But someone will.
- And that feels deeply right.
In a world that moves ever faster, that urges us to consume more and think in shorter cycles, few of us pause to consider the kind of future we are building. The Stoic Pilgrim Fellowship moves differently. We walk side by side in nature, explore peak states, philosophy, and lived practice, and cultivate dialogue and reflection under Chatham House rules. We listen deeply. We challenge gently.
Not to escape life — but to meet it with more clarity, courage, and compassion.
Our next 2-day retreat is at Gradbach Mill – 10–11 February, and there are only 8 places available.
After attending a retreat, men may join the Fellowship and engage in further gatherings, adventures, and small expeditions of wisdom and wellbeing.
If you are a discerning gentleman seeking something nourishing — mentally, emotionally, and spiritually — you are warmly welcomed.
💚 Some trees are planted not for us, but for those we will never meet. Perhaps one of the finest acts a man can make. 🌱
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