Author: Anne

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DOORWAY TO GROWTH

“The doorway to our next step of growth is always behind the urgency of now.  More than ever, when all feels urgent:   you must cut the strings to all events… not run or flail… believe each question is a beginning… must be strong inside where no one has seen you. With each breath, untie yourself, one urgency at a time.”

Quote by Mark Nepo from his book:  THE BOOK OF AWAKENING  Having The Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

REFLECTION:

  • What is an urgency that is demanding your attention now?
  • Take a breath to create some space?
  • With space created, how can you see this situation differently?
  • How will you move forward with this insight?

LIVING WIDE OPEN

I will not die an unlived life. 

I will not live in fear

of falling or catching fire.

I choose to inhabit my days,

to allow my living to open me,

to make me less afraid,

more accessible,

to loosen my heart

until it becomes a wing,

a torch, a promise.

I choose to risk my significance,

to live so that which came to me as seed

goes to the next as blossom,

and that which came to me as blossom,

goes on as fruit.

Poem by Dawna Markova from her book: I WILL NOT DIE AN UNLIVED LIFE  Reclaiming Purpose and Passion
 

REFLECTION:

  • Are you living?
  • How can you inhabit your days more fully?
  • What does “risking your significance” look like for you?
  • Seed-blossom-fruit: where are you in this process of your being?  What is your next step to being more fully alive?

BE IN THE FIRST GROUP

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people:  those who do the work and those who take the credit.  He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Quote by Indira Gandhi

REFLECTION:

  • What group are you in?
  • Are you willing to do the work? 
  • What does that look like?