Yes, We Can Talk - A Poem by Mark Nepo
In Phase 2 of my Thoughtsmiths Coaching Training, we were encouraged to come up with a slogan or a catch phrase that summed up what we would like our coaching offering to be.
The following words from the poem below came to me almost instantly:
“…A soft and sturdy home in which real things can land”.
And as always happens when I am moved by something beautiful or that really resonates with me, I got goosebumps from the tip of my toes to the crown of my head and all the way back. Instantly.
Because I have always loved this poem, first introduced to it by my meditation teacher, Sue Cooper, and because it encapsulates what I would hope to offer my coachees and anyone that practices mindfulness, yoga, breathwork or meditation with me.
With deep thanks to both Sue, and spiritual writer and my personal literary crush, Mark Nepo, for his extraordinarily powerful and moving words.
Yes, We Can Talk
Having loved enough and lost enough,
I am no longer searching,
just opening.
No longer trying to make sense of pain,
but trying to be a soft and sturdy home
in which real things can land.
These are the irritations that rub into a pearl
So we can talk awhile
but then we must listen,
the way rocks listen tot he sea
And we can churn at all that goes wrong
but then we must lay all distractions down,
and water every living seed.
And yes, on nights like tonight
I too feel alone, but seldom do I
face it squarely enough
to see that it is a door
into the endless breath
that has no breather
into the surf that human shells
call god.
By Mark Nepo
With metta and deep breaths
Nicci
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