Behind the backstop And at the breakfast table On the school bus And other assorted torture chambers The temperature drops The snow falls The glacier forms Ten thousand tons of ice Are crushing you Into a beautiful, one-of-a-kind The thaw will come And you will be Yosemite Year by year Hour by hour Insults scrape Lonlinesses scour Leaving erratics And striations A glacial terrain I’ve seen the brightest sparks Glowing […]
Kent Gerdes | Breaking the Speed of the Sound of Openness
Boy and backpack melting, or so it appeared, through shimmering heat curtains rising off desert sun softened asphalt, Phoenix four Mojave hours to the east. 80 to zero in 18 seconds, Chester, he said, with active eyes in a cherubic face veneered with street-wise, a slender build, pale-reddish skin, a layer of lean hard life over thin bones, steady dark brown eyes with intent when focused, shifting to shy, […]
Lisa Nichols | Breakdown–the doorway to breakthrough
I once found myself in complete breakdown. In 2006, my professional life was soaring: As a CEO and motivational speaker, I was inspiring people all over the country, writing books, and having great success. Yet I was nearly 100 pounds overweight and living in personal shame. I was silently depressed. I was teaching people how to live their dreams—but I was living in my nightmare. My wake-up call came at […]
May Moon Shine
“The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross “You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path. […]
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