![]() For me, blessedness is a feeling-tone of grateful wonder. (Which might, in the end, be one.)Įven for the unchurched among us, who worship at the altar of reality, blessedness can be a beautiful concept unbaggaged from religion. “Blessedness is within us all,” Patti Smith wrote in yet another century as she contemplated life, death, and love. Tickets available at .“Now I will do nothing but listen,” the young Walt Whitman resolved as he pressed his ear against the eternal song of being a century before Aldous Huxley found in the transcendent power of music a portal into the “blessedness lying at the heart of things.” “ The Teacher” will be featured in this signature collection of personal stories and folk tales to touch the heart, speak to the soul, and tickle the funny bone. Join me to explore love in all its forms in my upcoming debut SOLO storytelling performance “Legacy of Love.” Friday, August 25th, 2017, 7pm-8:30pm. Upcoming Storytelling Performance: “Legacy of Love” Loving fiercely is one of the categories that I explore in my upcoming performance. He provides the roadmap to facing the challenge of finding the courage to love … and love fiercely. Read the full poem at the end of this post. Later in the poem, he describes the transition to risking the vulnerability of love. My poem describes the the receiving end of that love, but David Whyte describes the giving of that fierce love. ![]() I can’t remember if I had read his poem before I wrote mine, but the themes are universal. ![]() and immediately captivate me because of my own poem, Loving Fiercely. The above words open David Whyte’s poem, TRUELOVE. ![]() The poet and philosopher, David Whyte, captures the unseen territory in our lives with the inspiring landscapes of his words. ![]()
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