some people are practicing daily to align themselves with life, to devote themselves to that which is life affirming. the emergent strategy podcast talks to a lot of these people. listening, i am (re)assured.
at the end of their interview, En Sawyer read How To Be A Poet by Wendell Berry: “You must depend upon / affection, reading, knowledge, / skill—more of each / than you have………make a poem that does not disturb /the silence from which it came.
and Marcia Lee shared, from the Taoist Drinking Songs, “stop setting snares, relax and follow where that leads you, clouds may be thick or thin, windows may be dark or bright, take it easy”
and at the gym one of the most enthusiastic people i encounter each week, Anwar, sings and dances between giving us instructions. he also repeats, loudly and beaming, light work, light work.
amidst the clouds, the windows, the weather, the people, their hearts, your light work.