POET — COACH — GROUP PROCESS FACILITATOR
Thanks Jim Quigley. He’s a poet in British Columbia. Thanks Roq Gareau for gifting me a copy of Jim’s poems.
Finding Mystery
You can spend a whole life
Chasing the dramatic,
Chasing enlightenment
And meanwhile right in front of you
Mystery is constantly showing itself
Stay here
All the magic is occurring
right here,
right now
And it’s occurring all the time.
Right here. Right now. It’s a theme I like to live. Beyond the dramatic and the chasing. That too. Mystery, magic. Yup.
Life is what is in front of me.
Here.
Now.
It is what I see and feel
watching waters flow by this stone.
Life is what I give myself to.
With love.
With learning.
It is following each hunch
to connection.
Life is letting go the worry.
The busyness.
The hurt.
It is celebrating all
that challenged and freed.
Life is here, now.
Guiding.
Fulfilling.
Dana and I walked last weekend along a trail and creek near where we live. We love the simplicity of the creek. And the togetherness.
We left a few little stacked and balanced stones in the evening sun.
I found a few words. And stacked them. Prosed them. It’s a little attention to the simple story in the way that I so often love. And a little reminder of life flowing, and what a celebration that is.
There is
so much
flowing
in this
day.
Go with
and celebrate
such
joyous
living.
For inspiration.
It’s June. For many, the summer get’s full. We lose track of the post-summer things that need some organizing now.
Sign on now for this Circle Intensive.
“Breath and Belonging: A Circle Way Intensive lifts skill, practice, and imagination in the methodology that is Circle, and, in what lives beneath methodology — breath, belonging, return to center, and return to each other as a way of being.”
I’ll be hosting with Rangineh Azimzadeh Tehrani. We’ll be at a Wasatch Retreat Center in Salt Lake City, October 23-26, 2024.
Rangineh — “I am the daughter of Mohammad and Anna Azimzadeh Tehrani. My earliest years were rooted in Tehran where I lived with my parents and brother during the Iran/Iraq war, an experience that ultimately set the foundation for my commitment to peace and conflict transformation work. I have 15+ years of experience facilitating deeply human spaces that center connection and community, and have worked with cross-sector organizations (domestically and internationally) ranging from community-based organizations to local governments. I live into my core values of empathy and self-awareness through my work with The Circle Way.”
Thanks for shares as inspired. For showing up to learn. For reconnecting with what Circle can do.
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Gifts of Circle is 30 short essays divided into 4 sections: 1) Circle's Bigger Purpose, 2) Circle's Practice, 3) Circle's First Requirements, and 4) Circle's Possibility for Men. From the Introduction: "Circle is what I turn to in the most comprehensive stories I know -- the stories of human beings trying to be kind and aware together, trying to make a difference in varied causes for which we need to go well together. Circle is also what I turn to in the most immediate needs that live right in front of me and in front of most of us -- sharing dreams and difficulties, exploring conflicts and coherences. Circle is what I turn to. Circle is what turns us to each other."
Question Cards is an accompanying tool to Gifts of Circle. Each card (34) offers a quote from the corresponding chapter in the book, followed by sample questions to grow your Circle hosting skills and to create connection, courage, and compassionate action among groups you host in Circle.
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In My Nature is a collection of 10 poems. From A Note of Beginning: "This collection of poems arises from the many conversations I've been having about nature. Nature as guide. Nature as wild. Nature as organized. I remain a human being that so appreciates a curious nature in people. That so appreciates questions that pick fruit from inner being, that gather insights and intuitions to a basket, and then brings the to table to be enjoyed and shared over the next week."
This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes) quotes a few favorite passages from poems in In My Nature. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.
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Most Mornings is a collection of 37 poems. I loved writing them. From the introduction: "This collection of poems comes from some of my sense-making that so often happens in the morning, nurtured by overnight sleep. The poems sample practices. They sample learnings. They sample insights and discoveries. They sample dilemmas and concerns."
This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes) quotes a few favorite passages from poems in Most Mornings. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.
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