The Guest House This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently...read more
This poem is written by Sisa, one of the 2012 students on the Raymond Ackerman Academy programme at UCT's GSB.CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE May they be positive in life May they listen and listen to understand To understand the things they see And to...read more
Our Greatest Fear Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who...read more
Move from within. Don’t move the way that fear wants you to. Begin a foolish project. Noah did. -- Rumiread more
I Am Not I by Juan Ramon Jiminez I am not I. I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see, whom at times I manage to visit, and whom at other times I forget; the one who remains silent while I...read more
The Rising: Ian McCallum One day your soul will call to you with a holy rage. “Rise up!” it will say … Stand up inside your own skin. Unmask your unlived life … feast on your animal heart. Unfasten your fist … let loose...read more
You Are Me You are me, and I am you. Isn't it obvious that we "inter-are"? You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful. I transform the garbage in myself, so that you will not have to suffer. I...read more
Women are by nature subversive, you know. Even when they don't know it. That witchy thing will surface. It comes with the territory Of bleeding and giving birth; Of connecting to each other in overlapping circles, Laughing from...read more
Just give me this: A rinsing out, a cleansing free Of all my smaller strivings So I can be the class act God intended, True to my purpose, All my energy aligned behind my deepest intention. And just this: A...read more
Do not hurry as you walk with grief, it does not help the journey. Walk slowly, pausing often: do not hurry as you walk with grief. Do not be disturbed by memories that come unbidden. Swiftly forgive, and let God speak for you...read more
