“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.” —Anais Nin
Of course, Anais Nin spent her life writing about her layers. Are you exploring yours?
Filed under The Power of Story
Working Together
We shape our self
to fit this world
and by the world
are shaped again.
The visible
and the invisible
working together
in common cause,
to produce
the miraculous.
I am thinking of the way
the intangible air
passed at speed
round a shaped wing
easily
holds our weight.
So may we, in this life
trust
to those elements
we have yet to see
or imagine,
and look for the true
shape of our own self,
by forming it well
to the great
intangibles about us.
— David Whyte
from The House of Belonging
©1996 Many Rivers Press
Written for the presentation of The Collier Trophy to The Boeing Company
marking the introduction of the new 777 passenger jet.
Filed under The Power of Poetry
“Banish the word ‘struggle’ from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for.” — Hopi elders
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“(Contained
within cosmic
laws is the energy of grace,
which animates
what we call higher motivation
when a universal law
emerges in our psyche
during a decision making moment,
it comes
as a messenger of grace,
as well as psychic motivation.
In contrast,
traffic laws on the highway
are not ‘grace-filled.’
They are order-keepers
of the mundane
world that lack
the animation of grace.
However,
an intuitive ‘hit’
to slow down
for no conscious reason,
which then turns out
to be a life-saving act
because another car
was out-of-control,
is an act of grace
operating in the mundane
world.)”
Carline Myss, April Salon (Year not recorded.)
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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Picasson
Filed under Creativity
“Real learning takes place in the state children call play. The majority of learning adults think of is conditioning and that looks and feels like school. Play is nature’s agenda for optimum learning and performance at any age, any field, anytime. This is one of the best reviews of the importance of play you will find anywhere – Joseph Chilton Pearce at this best with Michael Mendizza.”
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. – Anais Nin
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