This month, I thought I'd share some reflections from a recent learning experience. I'm always aware of our tendency to receive in the moment but lose of hold of our inspiration when the moment for action is ripe. This is about making sense of inspiration and motivation, reflecting on one's personal "swells" and using them to energize our work. Maybe it can prompt you to think about what you've been stirred by lately, and how you can act on that stirring today.
Today I felt the swell It comes and it goes Sometimes I manage it well The heart-swell of passions stirred The mind-swell of voices heard The throat-swell of the unspoken word
Am I doing the best that I can? Am I creating some wind with this fan? Am I sticking it to the man?
I reach and I give I trust and I live But is it enough Am I the right kind of tough? What is the stuff of my power? Each passing hour Is a chance and a test I strive and I rest But is it enough?
Morning will break Today in its wake The earth will not quake But still I will shake With the movement of today