What It Is To Dream

Last post, pre-Christmas.
I’ve been reflecting on the magic and importance of good company.
For the dreams we carry, the yearnings, the longings, the imaginative streaks.
And for the days when we just need a friend with kind eyes and helping heart.

May we each know, learn, celebrate such dreams, such friendships.

I have learned some 
xxxabout what it is to dream.
To have ideas.
To feel excitement.
To follow hunches.

To choose to start, and continue.
To trust clarity from the belly.
To let go of plans
To surrender to a greater flow.

Perhaps you have too.

I have learned some 
xxxabout what it is to feel doubt amidst dreams. 
Why bother?
This is silly!
Why persist?

Perhaps you have too?

I have learned some 
xxxabout the good medicine of good company.
Daring to disclose the sacred and the private.
Finding each other, you in my dreams and me in yours.
Imagining a sharedness.

I have learned some 
xxxabout feeling aliveness together.
Animated in shared learning.
In added wonder. 
In honest laughter.

I have learned some 
xxxabout what it is to be moved by life.
To be excited by possibility.
To be compelled.
To be claimed.

Perhaps you have too?

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Gifts of Circle - Question Cardsasd
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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