A soul-based workplace asks things of me that I didn't even know I had. It's constantly telling me that I belong to something large in the world.
David WhyteWe sabotage our creative possibilities because the world revealed by our imagination may not fit well with the life we have taken so much trouble to construct over the years. Faced with the pain of that distance, the distance between desire and reality, we turn just for a moment and quickly busy ourselves.
David WhyteWhether we stay or whether we go - to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made.
David WhyteSee, even if you're stuck in life, if you can describe just exactly the way you're stuck, then you will immediately recognise that you can't go on that way anymore. So, just saying precisely, writing precisely how you're stuck, or how you're alienated, opens up a door of freedom for you.
David WhyteAs human beings we have this immediate gateway - youโve just to articulate exactly the way that youโre exiled, exactly the way that you donโt belong, exactly the way that you canโt love, exactly the way that you canโt move ... and youโre on your way again. Youโre on your way home. If you can just say exactly the way that youโre imprisoned - the door swings open.
David Whyte