Seen, heard and not alone
This week's musings on beauty, words and thresholds took me back to the blessing I wrote at the end of a workshop in 2020.
It was a gift for my fellow creatives.
And reminds me that whatever threshold we are facing, we are not alone.
A BLESSING FOR THE CREATIVE SOUL (because all of us are creative)
Dear friends and travelling companions,?
may you know?
you are seen and heard,?
and your work matters.?
You belong.
And may you delight?
in your inner being,?
as the place where?
your creativity flows.?
Feed it well?
and drink from fresh water.
May you be content to stand at the edge -?
you'll see more from there.
Cherish your eyes?
and follow the sightline?
of your curiosity and wonder.?
Protect your ears,?
give them time to hear?
what really matters.?
The silence,?
the whispers,?
the roars.?
And the still small voice inside.
May you choose your words and expressions?
with care, because they have power?
far beyond anything you can imagine.?
Honour them?
and offer them generously,?
for they build bridges and?
shape our sense of how things are.
For you are like a diamond?
held up to the light.?
You refract the colours around you?
so that people can see what's really there.?
May you grasp the vastness?
of the space before you.?
Enjoy your courageous imagination.?
Let it take you to places?
your heart longs to go.?
And don't be afraid to look?
your anger in the eye, knowing it's yours,?
not borrowed from elsewhere.
Therefore, seek the peace of stillness,?
where the clamour of other voices are muted,?
and you hear your own voice with clarity.
May you embrace the mystery?
of your presence,?
the essence of who you are?
which cannot be boxed or labelled.?
Here is where your identity resides.?
And may you be satisfied?
as you pick up the mantle?
of your unique role?
in the ongoing creation of the world,?
because only you can do this.?
Go well - for it's time to cross this threshold.?
The poem is also found in the closing chapter of my book Quiet Disruptors: Creating Change Without Shouting
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This week
If you have not heard the soul-enriching conversation between John O'Donohue and Krista Tippett for the On Being Podcast – then gift yourself time this weekend. The Inner Landscape of Beauty is a replay of his last interview before his unexpected death in 2008.