That we might awaken,
To live to the full
The dream of the earth
Who chose us to emerge
And incarnate its hidden night
In mind, spirit and light.*
John O’Donohue

It is about waking up to a knowledge that is deep in the very fabric of our being, and it is about living in relation to this wisdom.**
Philip Newell

Some sleep, or sleep-walk, through life,
Others awaken to the possibilities of
their singular life, presenting themselves with
options, choices, decisions – a freedom to go
where they want;
They travel to the deep-rootedness
of their being:
To find the roots of our responsibilities
we must go to the roots of our abilities,
a journey into a core sense of ourselves
where we can put together an understanding
of how we are made,
why we have the responsibilities we have, and,
just as important,
the images that formed us in our growing.^

When a person comes to this
later in their lives
there is often a great deal more to discover
than they know –
They have done much of the hard work,
perhaps unknowingly, and now have
the possibility of curating:
that is, to select, arrange, and enhance
their story, which is also
their soul:
Today it appears more important
to remind man that he has a spirit,
that he is a spiritual being.^^

Waking up will not disappoint us.

*John O’Donohue’s Benedictus: In Praise Of Earth;
**Philip Newell’s Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul;
^David Whyte’s Crossing the Unknown Sea;
^^Viktor Frankl’s The Doctor and the Soul; written in 1952, hence the use of male gender.