by Kim Ort | Sep 29, 2015 | Books, Consolations
The measure of our courage is the measure of our willingness to embrace disappointment, to turn towards it rather than away, the understanding that every real conversation of life involves having our hearts broken somewhere along the way. ~ David Whyte, Consolations...
by Kim Ort | Sep 22, 2015 | Books, Consolations
In this week’s reflection on “destiny,” I gravitated towards David Whyte’s description of “the everyday conversational essence of destiny: our future influenced by the very way we hold the conversation of life itself.” Destiny is...
by Kim Ort | Sep 15, 2015 | Books, Consolations, Visual Journalling
All of our weekly words come from David Whyte’s book, Consolations (paid link). Some of my best relationships have come from sharing our despair. “Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and...
