Eventually we realize that not knowing what to do is just as real and just as useful as knowing what to do. Not knowing stops us from taking false directions. Not knowing what to do, we start to pay real attention. Just as people lost in the wilderness, on a cliff face or in a blizzard pay attention with a kind of acuity that they would not have if they thought they knew where they were. Why? Because for those who are really lost, their life depends on paying real attention. If you think you know where you are, you stop looking.
It's my contention that there is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart...so it can be a lovely, merciful thing to … - David Whyte
It's my contention that there is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart...so it can be a lovely, merciful thing to …
- David Whyte
We withdraw not to disappear, but to find another ground from which to see; a solid ground from which to step, and from which to speak again, in a di… - David Whyte
We withdraw not to disappear, but to find another ground from which to see; a solid ground from which to step, and from which to speak again, in a di…
Eventually we realize that not knowing what to do is just as real and just as useful as knowing what to do. Not knowing stops us from taking false di… - David Whyte
Eventually we realize that not knowing what to do is just as real and just as useful as knowing what to do. Not knowing stops us from taking false di…
Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born. - David Whyte
Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born.
I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves. - David Whyte
I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves.
The antidote to exhaustion isn't rest. It's wholeheartedness. - David Whyte
The antidote to exhaustion isn't rest. It's wholeheartedness.
Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future. To be courageous, is not necessari… - David Whyte
Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future. To be courageous, is not necessari…
Gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us. - David Whyte
Gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us.
Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but yo… - David Whyte
Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but yo…
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