by Kim Ort | Jan 11, 2017 | Questions, Themes, Topics
Last year, I spent a weekend with a friend at a retreat, where we experienced the wisdom and poetry of David Whyte. One line in particular from Whyte stuck with me. If you want a beautiful life, start asking beautiful questions. My friend and I talked about what this...
by Kim Ort | Jan 7, 2016 | Contemplation, Habits, Inspiration, Questions
Quality is the relationship between humans and their experience. ~ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig The book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is my favourite book of all time. It is a treatise on the subject of...
by Kim Ort | Dec 8, 2015 | Contemplation, Inspiration, People, Practices, Questions
Each December, I choose a word or theme for the coming year. It’s usually something I spend some time figuring out – through a worksheet or guide, like Susannah Conway’s Unravelling the Year Ahead. For 2015, my word was devotion. Devotion has to do...
