See with every turning day,

how each season wants to make

a child of you again, wants you to become

a seeker after rainfall and birdsong,

watch how it weathers you to a testing

in the tried and true, tells you

with each falling leaf, to leave and slip away,

even from the branch that held you,

to be courageous, to go when you need to,

to be like that last word you’d want to say

before you leave the world.

~David Whyte

why I know what I know….

inquiry for today~ may it be so….

how we shift….

I have not always chosen the safest path. I’ve made my mistakes, plenty of them.

I sometimes jump too soon and fail to appreciate the consequences.

But I’ve learned something important along the way: I’ve learned to heed the call of my heart.

I’ve learned that the safest path is not always the best path

and I’ve learned that the voice of fear is not always to be trusted.

~Steve Goodier