Tuesday Truth: Create a Clearing

Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently,
until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know how to give yourself to this world so worthy of rescue.
-Clearing by Martha Postlewaite

If you've been in my class lately, you probably know that I'm loving this poem (I've been reading it out loud a lot). One of my teacher training mentees shared it with me last week, and since then, I haven't been able to stop spreading the love, as I think that it's message is just perfect. 

Inspired by this poem, here are my questions for you today:

1.  What are you doing in your daily life to "create a clearing in the dense forest of your life"? How are you creating space so that when your calling (or the "song" of your life) falls into your hands, you'll recognize it?  

2. What is the "song that is your life"? Have you heard it yet? How can you take steps towards following your passions, in order to begin to share your song with the world? 

I love the idea that we don't need to save the whole world or try to achieve anything larger-than-life , but instead, that we should just find our personal gift and work to share that gift with the world. This is such a beautiful thought and it is one that I truly believe in.

Just another one of the many reasons that I'm working to slow down and create space in my own life...

I hope you'll join me in this endeavor!

Namaste,
Mary Catherine

PS. Thanks to Megan for introducing me to this amazing poem!