Practicing daily gratitude and open presence allow the space for deepest connection. Similarly, these poems and quotes invite us to pause and remember what matters most. (Related to class themes)
Choosing Gratitude
Everything can be taken from a [person] but one thing: the last of the human freedoms–to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. ~ Viktor Frankl
Open, Listening Presence
I don’t ask for the sights in front of me to change, only for the depth of my seeing. ~ Mary Oliver
Attention without feeling, I began to learn, is only a report. An openness–an empathy–was necessary if the attention was to matter. ~ Mary Oliver
Connection
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. ~ Maya Angelou
Clearing (Martha Postlethwaite)
Do not try to serve the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is yours alone to sing falls into your open cupped hands and you recognize and greet it. Only then will you know how to give yourself to the world so worthy of rescue.Share
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