FULLY  ALIVE

I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
     goes to the next as a blossom
and that which came to me as a blossom,
goes on as fruit.

Dawna Markova (20th century), USA
 

Real Community
"Tell the truth and support each other's dreams!"

Quotes
 
 

"It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are,
not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within
that you can begin to take control."

 "Don't confuse wealth and success with happiness: "It is neither wealth
nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness."

  "Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when
you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you
thought it would."

  "It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth
have both failed."

Real Community
"Tell the truth and support each other's dreams!"