… watching for the brushstrokes of God
…”Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting – over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.” Mary Oliver
What are you being offered?
Borderlands are
spaces where two cultures and narratives meet,
continuously changing landscapes,
places of disorientation and reorientation.
Encountering the other
with potential for unimaginable violence
or creative mutual transformation.
How do we navigate spaces that threaten to take our breath while also promising new life beyond our imagination?
“How often do we resist beginning a creative project due to the fear that it will not live up to the image in our minds? Humility invites us to release those expectations and enter into the call of our gifts, knowing that it may look very differently from what we imagined.” Christine Valters Paintner, The Artist Rule
What would you do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?
“You must find a way to get in the way and get in good trouble, necessary trouble…you have a moral obligation, a mission, and a mandate when you leave here, to go out and seek justice for all. You can do it. You must do it.” Words from Martin Luther King Jr. to John Lewis
What trouble is calling out to you?
“Find out what makes you most alive and do that, for what the world needs, more than anything else, is people who are fully alive.” Howard Thurman
When do you feel fully alive?
“Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do it.” Mahatma Ghandi
Where does this resonate within your life?
With the Eyes of the Heart 