POET — COACH — GROUP PROCESS FACILITATOR
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It is the part of me that celebrates what is most simple, and what is most meaningful, that writes in simple phrases.
So as to guide myself. And to go well with others, in streams of wisdom. And kindness. And helpfulness. And overall life-giving ways.
The words below, for inspiration that calls out even more of what flows so naturally in the inner.
Be with what flows.
Trust that the waters nourish
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Kindness and joy
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Water knows.
I’m glad for this image of cattails from a weekend walk. I appreciate the beauty, the standing tall. I appreciate the mix among many other greens.
And then, in the spirit of appreciating beauty, both seeking it and welcoming it to continue to embrace, I reflected through a few words.
For simplicity and for inspiration of the stories that we humans live, and that live us.
We humans,
we seek joy.
Be it with friends,
or in endeavors of work,
or in evolution that is community.
That much I have learned.
We humans,
we seek learning.
Be it in the lettings go,
or in the lettings come,
or in the mysteries that live beneath it all.
That much I have learned.
We humans,
we seek contribution.
Be it in the small immediacies of now,
or in the long, slow-baked arcs,
or in the timeless ways that life unfolds.
That much I continue to learn.
The photo above is earlier this summer near Lac Clermoustier, Quebec. It’s a road that I walked several times during the week that I was there. I was contemplating. I was appreciating friends and colleagues. And on this particular day, I was enjoying a rainbow.
From my contemplations, a most prominent theme that has arisen for me over the last couple of years is the way that humans both live life, and, are lived by life. We make plans, and, serendipity claims us. We give our attention to structure, and, emergence sweeps it all. I’ve seen it many times in many realms — personal, team, community.
In poetic form, it sounds something like this below, a reminder to myself to be with life and to be with life being with me. It names a code for living, which is so often what my poetic heart seeks.
For clarity.
Be With Life
Be with Life.
Be with Life being with us.
Let go the rest.
Let come the vibrant unfolding.
Celebrate all of it.
Keep the story big.
Keep the values clear enough.
Contribute steps small and big.
Love it all.
I love the way
a horizon calls out yearning for what is distant
to live in present moment.
I love the way
a silhouette invokes imagination for what lives
in front of details.
I love the way
a sunrise brushes it all together.
Let us share stories of what we love.
Of horizons that wake us.
Of silhouettes that simplify.
Let us find brushing together.
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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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