Redefining Success (Part ll)

A brand new poem for your Thursday

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“Oh my friend, if you are longing to be written on, become a blank page.” —Rumi

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Rumi’s above words found me a few days ago and I can’t stop thinking about them. Become a blank page has become my new mantra.

I see how deeply I long to be written on, while still holding tightly to my very strong opinions and plans. And gosh, do I see the many ways I have been anything but blank and how this is closely connected to some deep suffering. To let go of old, un-serving stories & conditioning, stuff I have picked up along the way that was never mine, is the practice of a lifetime. A practice I am strongly committed to.

If there is anything I am certain about, it’s that the world with its many systems & definitions of success isn’t working so well. And that it’s very much time to create new definitions.

Today’s poem speaks to these themes.

I send you so much love,

Julia 🧚‍♂️

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Redefining Success (Part ll)

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It is essential, critical even,
to sweep the floors, 
scrub every surface clean, 

clear the junk drawer of all 
that shouts, shuns, 
shrinks, shames—

whisper I love yous to everything 
that hurts. Ask for help. Refuse
to abandon yourself.

Not power, but presence, not more 
more more, but, how many 
miracles have you counted today?

Not answers, but awe 
for the single orange poppy 
kissed into blossom by sun's warm rays.

Will you open to the color 
that has not yet 
been named?

Will you become a blank page?

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Each Sunday, I send out a short audio (5-10 minutes) of me reading a poem (my own & poems by other poets). I love sharing my favorite poems & poets with you.

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This is a poetic nudge to begin your week (with a focus on mindful living)—a little “Sunday Spark” to support you in getting some ink on the page.

I very much looking forward to connecting with you in this way!

Julia xo

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