Great Circle

I believe in all that has never been spoken.

I want to free what awaits within me

so that what no one has dared to wish for

may for once spring clear without my contriving.

If this is arrogant, God, forgive me,

but this is what I need to say.

May what I do flow from me like a river,

no forcing and no holding back,

the way it is with children.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

I came across that poem in a course on designing better learning environments. It’s not just a piece of sentimentalism. It reminded me to be me - to embrace the way I think and speak and create and dream.

It reminded me of that great Olympic runner (celebrated in Chariots of Fire) Eric Liddell saying “When I run, I feel God’s pleasure”.

It reminded me that each of us has a distinctive genius that doesn’t always get an “airing”, but which needs focus and release…

Find your Voice.