Audio Version (music by Lesfm) We must be willing to feel into the hard placesOr the shadow will persistMuting the magnificentPaling the presentBouncing us out…
Tag: courage
Audio Version (music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi) The road before And behind Is weathered with seasons Storms and Flash floods Sprinkled with silence A pregnant mist…
What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a fairly common phrase in Western culture, aimed primarily at children, particularly in public education settings. I believe this notion is a disease of our time, a psychological sliver that distracts the mind and makes a slave of the spirit.
There is constant distraction, busyness, and the superficial or fickle pursuit of passion, but there is little substance or ethereal glue, and we let the game define the rules. We need to return to the present moment. We need to recapture the fragments.
When I was learning how to drive, my mother, who was at the time a driving instructor, would tell me, “Look close and look far away.” Metaphors abound in the everyday.