Audio narration by David Marlow
‘BE’ing A Poet
A friend of mine mused this week that in the end, we are all philosophers or poets.
It got me thinking.
Being a poet is one of those rare things you can just 'be.’ You don't have to be great at it, make a living at it, or even be published; yet, you can 'be' a poet.
Magical, really.
I decided to ‘be’ a poet today.
Here is my original poem as a gift to you…and me.
I hope it inspires you to ‘be’ a poet today.
Begin Then Become
an Ikigai poem
Amidst life's labyrinthine
Quest for change,
Your art with dreams' desire,
No doubts nor judgments conspire.
Unshackle past's constraints!
Courage bold,
In present's grasp, purpose unfolds.
Release the weights
Begin again and again
Begin
and then
Become
Word of the Week
frabjous (adj.)
delightful; joyous.
wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
Frabjous is about embracing joy, the parts of life that are wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious. Of course, any examination of joy starts with happiness. Are joy and happiness the same thing?
In simplest terms, joy is deeper than happiness.
Happiness, at its root, means good fortune and being in advantageous circumstances. In languages as diverse as Greek to Irish, most of the originating words for happy were related to luck.
When things are going well, we are happy; when they aren’t, we are less so and perhaps even unhappy.
Joy is much deeper and far less dependent on circumstances. The Greek word for joy, ‘chara’ represents inner gladness and delight.
It isn’t dependent on outside circumstances, coming instead from the point of gratitude and grace.
Experiencing Joy isn’t about being problem free.
Joy is letting go of the fear of those problems, not the problems themselves.
In case you missed it…
As part of the Ikigai Lexicon, I’m sharing posts about the 47 Big Bold Beautiful Benefits of Ikigai.
Here are the first two. Sense of Direction and Inner Peace.
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Quote I’m Pondering
A day will come when the story inside you will want to breathe on its own.
That’s when you’ll start writing.
Sarah Noffke
This has sparked a deeper reflection about where I am going and where I want to go with my writing.
Comment of the Week: This video is awesome!
I mentioned earlier I’m sharing the 47 Big Bold Beautiful Benefits of Ikigai.
Earlier this week I shared a shorter video version on LinkedIn
That prompted this comment from Amy P.
This series is just what I needed to read. By the way, this video is awesome! You need to share it in the newsletter as well.
See it for yourself…
Final Thought:
As I mentioned in last week’s Musing we’ve had a dry summer in Wisconsin. Not many wildflowers blooming though I noticed some orange ones I’d never noticed before.
It was an unexpected blessing in the midst of a dry season.
I’m happy to report it rained a few days of late and some of the wildflowers are responding.
These highlighted my run on Friday.
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