Category Archives: Inspiration

A general category containing the various sources of inspiration (poetry, writing, quotations, etc.). This is not intended to be used as a category on its own, only as a container for the inspirational sources.

The Swan ~ Rilke

This laboring of ours with all that remains undone,
as if still bound to it,
is like the lumbering gait of the swan.
And then our dying — releasing ourselves
from the very ground on which we stood –
is like the way he … Continue reading

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Why Stay?

Today is the one year anniversary of my leaving CHD after 35 years of wresting with the question of “Why stay?”.   So, I love this reflection from Meg Wheatley.  What she says resonates with my experience for years of staying … Continue reading

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If You Want to Be a Leader ~ Lao Tzu

If you want to be a great leader,
you must learn to follow the Tao.
Stop trying to control.
Let go of fixed plans and concepts,
and the world will govern itself.
The more prohibitions you have,
the less virtuous people will be.
The more weapons you … Continue reading

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Earth, Isn’t This What You Want ~ Rilke

Earth, isn’t this what you want?  To arise in us, invisible?
Is it not your dream, to enter us so wholly
there’s nothing left outside us to see?
What, if not transformation,
is your deepest purpose? Earth, my love,
I want it too. Believe … Continue reading

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Morning Wind ~ Rumi

The morning wind spreads its fresh smell.
We must get up to take that in,
that wind that lets us live.
Breathe, before it’s gone.
~ Rumi

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The Power of Words

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Gratitude ~ Julio Olalla

AMO LA VIDA from Nic Askew on Vimeo.

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The Journey ~ Mary Oliver

This poem really says it all for me.  It is expresses the journey beneath the journey that is itineris, that is my life.  It speaks to me of the sadness and the joy, of the aloneness, of the courage involved … Continue reading

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Wild Geese ~ Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and … Continue reading

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Allow ~ Danna Faulds

There is no controlling life.
Try corralling a lightning bolt, containing a tornado.
Dam a stream and it will create a new channel.
Resist, and the tide will sweep you off your feet.
Allow, and grace will carry you to higher ground.
The only safety … Continue reading

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