David Whyte

Our crossing is a brief one, best spent bearing witness to all that we see: honoring what we find noble, tending what we know needs our care, recognizing that we are inseparably connected to all of it, including what is not yet upon us, including what is already gone. We are here to keep watch, not to keep.

He explained that on our path through the world life will present us with opportunities to discover why we are here and how to live in deep connection with this purpose. In every moment, we have a choice: to embrace life, free ourselves of fear, and allow love to reign in our hearts and dictate our lives; or to deny life’s call to belong to its sac

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