It’s the human condition to forget the magnificent creatures we are. “Don’t go back to sleep.” Of course, we will we always do go back to sleep. Now that’s delicious to delve into for years. It seems that there is much mystery and playfulness in these lines with a very powerful imagery of invitation. What is the significance of these worlds touching? Does it mean that if I crossover the doorsill, I am in another world? That sounds kinda scary. Easy, right? Then what are these two worlds? And they are touching at this doorsill. All I need to do is step, float or crawl across the doorsill. Maybe I’m not looking for a door to open maybe I’m looking for a doorsill where the two worlds touch. In fact, people are passing back and forth across the doorsill. This tells that the way or experience I’m looking for is already there, ready, waiting and open for any of us to step through. So one thing that I just got recently is that the door is round and open. These lines lead to all kinds of questions, mysterious openings and maybe wisdom. Then the poem talks about another realm with a door that is round and open. The want becomes a mirror for the one who is asking. The you asking is the one who wants to create a story of unification and oneness within our culture and lives. I know the me asking is not the person who was raised and lived within our monetized culture of separateness. I always come back to who is the you asking and what does “really want” mean. The line that has really grabbed me is “You must ask for what you really want.” There are so many different interpretations of this line and I’ve probably toyed or investigated around 10-12 of them. So which world is the real one? And what are those secrets that are whispered as dawn awakens the world? Who or what is the whisperer? So what kind of secrets does to the dawn whisper to us as we wake up into our day out of the dreaminess of night? At times I’ve had the conscious experience of waking up from another world into this one. Being a camper and avid hiker for many years, I’ve had the honor of being in nature during the dawn. The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Below are some of the ways this poem has lived me for all these years. Apparently, a depth that has captured my attention for 17 years. While this poem is short and appears to be simple there is depth. It does come and go but all of the sudden a line from the poem will show up in my thoughts. I recently realized that I’ve been “living” this poem for most of the past 17 years. I invite you to take a few moments and read the poem out loud a few times prior to reading this blog. It has stayed with me over the years, coming and going while I go back to sleep. I was in a nature based program and this poem had a significant impact on my experience. Albert Einstein Art awards blogging Buddhism community conversational journey creativity David Whyte Eddie Two Hawks education Educational Leadership eloquent questions Emmanuel Levinas environment Ethics faith family Gary Snyder Glacier National Park Hafiz haiku Hans-Georg Gadamer health Jacques Derrida Jasper National Park John Dewey Khalil Gibran Langston Hughes Lao Tzu leadership Leadership.This poem first came to my attention in 1995.I am writing and researching about various forms of leadership, how teachers inform and form their identity as a particular teacher, schools as learning organizations, hope and its anticipatory relationship with the future, and hope as an essential element in learning. and World Cafe Events using Appreciative Inquiry. I facilitate mindfulness, hospitality retreats. I present on mindful leadership, servant leadership, schools as learning organizations, how teachers experience becoming teachers, assessement, and critical thinking. I published three poems and am currently preparing my poetry to publish as an anthology of poetry. I published peer reviewed articles about schools as learning organizations, currere as an ethical pursuit, and hope as an essential element of adult eductaion. I offer retreats, workshops, and presentations that can be tailored to your organzations specific needs. This includes mindfuful servant-leadership, World Cafe events, Appreciative Inquiry, and expressing one's self through creativity. I focus on leading, communicating, and innovating in organizations. My dissertation and research was how teachers experience becoming teachers and their role as leaders. I completed my PhD in Philosophy of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. Part of my work is to move beyond (transcend) institutional dogmas that bind me to defend freedom, raising my voice to be heard on behalf of those who seek equity and justice in all their forms. In keeping with bell hooks and Noam Chomsky, I consider myself a public and dissident intellectual.
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