The Focus of the Storm

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June 25, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace I have been circling for thousands of years, and I still don't know: am I a falcon, a storm, or a great song? - Rainer Maria Rilke - The Focus of the Storm Joanna Macy reflects on Rilke's Book of Hours, which has served as spiritual nourishment for almost fifty years of soul-searching and activism. "Its images lent some pattern, even meaning, to a life I thought had failed in its spiritual vocation... Now those same lines...shed new light on the patchwork my life had become -- marriage, motherhood, abandoned government career, assortment of jobs, studies in art and language. Perhaps, after all, some unknowable center held me in orbit." { read more } Be The Change Macy says, "I could almost feel again the sense of belonging and purpose that I thought I had forfeited." What brings you back to the sense of belonging to something larger, and can you share what helps you with someone else? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Benefits of Learning to Be Kind to Yourself What Matters Most? 5 Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy This Foster Father Takes in Only Terminally Ill Children How to Age Gracefully A Reading List For The Spirit On the Relationship Between Failure, Humility and Wisdom People Helped You Whether You Knew It Or Not DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,098 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More