MyThrive

THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF WHAT YOU LONG TO CREATE
by Rick Silver
September 20, 2009

The true foundation
Of what you long to create
Lies not in the endless
Ticking off
Of checklist boxes
Or in hours spent
Shaking hands
And delivering words
That are mere shadows
Of your soul’s most potent yearning.

Not that these are bad
Or even unnecessary,
These steps in a dance
With a world beyond your inner stage.

Every movement, carefully chosen,
Shapes your becoming,
Guides your unfolding
To its ultimate form.

But take a moment
Now
To breathe into the fire
of your heart
The one word
That you alone
Must find
The courage to speak.

What rises from the flames
Are the sinew and muscle
Of your new body,
Carrying you powerfully
And gracefully
Through every dance
That you and the world will imagine
Together.