Posts from the ‘Both/And Thinking’ Category
Looking at you, Joy! I am looking at the feathery fingers of purple Mexican Sage bush as riotous in their movement as in their beauty, a contrast to the quiet lavender shed they stand next to. I am not looking at my recently deceased brother’s red tool chest tucked safely inside the shed, but I […]
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I penned a version of this essay on Mother’s Day 2021. I invite us to consider the idea of finding our way into appreciating the gifts hidden in our impossible life situations, those things we cannot change, but deeply wish we could. To shift our gaze and adjust our narrative about our difficulties and […]
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The Winter Woods by Parker Palmer The winter woods beside a solemn river are twice seen— once as they pierce the brittle air, once as they dance in grace beneath the stream. In air these trees stand rough and raw, branch angular in stark design— in water shimmer constantly, disconnect as in a dream, shadowy but more […]
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Dear Readers, I am an apprentice to David Whyte’s Invitas: A Path to Conversational Leadership. I have followed his work for nearly 25 years now. I have learned to be in dialogue with any and everything , so too, with poems. In fact listening to David recite and riff on a poem puts one in […]
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As we stand at the gateway, a summer stretching out in front of us, this quote is particularly meaningful to me. Full quote: “Everyday when I awake, I am torn between saving the world and savoring it. It makes it hard to plan the day.” And that reminds me of another poem by David Whyte What […]
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