Whether we stay or whether we go - to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made.
David WhyteA good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain.
David WhyteSilence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects us to larger worlds that, in the busyness of our daily struggle to achieve, we have not yet investigated. Silence is the soul's break for freedom.
David WhyteThe fear of loss, in one form or another, is the motivator behind all conscious and unconscious dishonesties.
David Whyte