Every Friday is Gratitude Friday here at Monk at Work — a chance for me to express my gratitude to sources of richness I’m experiencing, with the intention of sharing the wealth.
Keeping it Simple
We’re heading into Washington, D.C. this weekend to visit with some old friends from Florida, who will be there for a conference. So, I’m keeping Gratitude Friday simple today, because I still need to pack up!
So, some thanks, shout-outs, and such:
Wendy Piersall at eMoms at home, for live blogging at BlogHer this past weekend, for those of us who couldn’t be there. She shares some great pearls of wisdom along with her ebullient personal take on the presentations… go see for yourself.
Edward Mills of Evolving Times, both for his Law of Attraction blog carnival celebration, and for recording an interview on the use of Law of Attraction teachings for business and personal success for my Business is Personal course, which starts next week (hint, hint).
Phil Gerbyshak at Make It GREAT! for pointing his readers towards my "Viverati.com. I had fun writing that one, and I’m glad to see people are enjoying it.
And, of course…
I’m really grateful for the people I’m meeting and the relationships that are being forged through Monk at Work. If I hadn’t started this adventure in blogging, I doubt I ever would have met these fantastic people, and I’m really grateful for their presence in my life.
As my good friend Dawud Miracle always says, it’s about the relationships. And as you can see by my inspirations of gratitude this week, it’s all about people.
The Poetry Bug
You may not know this about me, but my degree in college was in writing; specifically, poetry and short fiction. And yet, I’ve been out of the poetry loop for a while… but this past week, it’s been circling back around into my life again in some interesting ways.
What kicked it all off was the poetry of Rives, from the TED conference I mentioned in last week’s Gratitude Friday.
So today, I’m going to leave you in Rives‘ hands, for a four-minute poetic tribute that always touches me on a very deep level every time I watch it. (He’s got more, too, if you click over to the TED site.)
Have a great weekend — and what are you grateful for?
Not at all surprised to hear about your writing studies Adam, for you display what you’ve learned so beautifully here; it is a well-practiced craft in your good hands.
Thank you for sharing the TED clip on Rives, I loved it! Poetry had been the one kind of writing that I kept at arms length for most of my life, for it hadn’t appealed to me until it began to be performed by artists like Rives and Taylor Mali (if I may share his art as well, I’ll link my name in this comment to an intro I wrote to the JJL readers about him). These gentlemen, and others like them, present what they have written in a way that evokes such emotion; after watching you seem to have no choice but to sit back and soak it in before you can gain your own footing in the world again.
Last week’s Friday sharing was terrific here, and so is today’s: Your expression of living the value of Mahalo is going to remain my habit!
As it turns out, Adam, some of us have already noticed that you’re a poet. You may think you’ve been out of the poetry loop, but it comes through in your blogs.
So what am I grateful for today? For Jane Austen, especially her Emma, which I’ve recently listened to again. It makes me really appreciate our connection to the wider world. Sure, handling information overload is a challenge, but I’ll take that any day over living in a world where there were so few opportunities for women.
You are very welcome Adam. You wrote a great post that deserved to be shared and enjoyed by all. Thanks for working as hard as you do writing great stuff! It makes a difference to me, and I’m sure many of your other readers.
Thanks, Rosa, Jean, and Phil I appreciate it.
Rosa, I can’t wait to get your book — to think that I’m just doing what comes natural to me and living Mahalo at the same time just makes my day.
Adam…
How did you KNOW that Rives makes my heart go pitter-patter? He knows how to turn a frown upside down doesn’t he?
Another one of his poems inspired my ‘Gorgeous is an Inside Job’ post at PMP awhile back…
http://www.passionmeetspurpose.com/blog/index.php/site/permalink/gorgeous_is_an_inside_job/
I knew you were a lyrical gangsta my friend! And I agree with Jean above…it does come thru on your blog. That’s part of the delicious-ness that keeps us coming back for more…that and the fact that you “get it”.
Thanks for sharing my crush with your readers:)
Peace & Life is Poetry in Motion,
Kam
A much belated thank you Adam. As you know, I’ve been MIA from the commenting circuit these past couple of weeks. Getting caught up now.
Thanks for the link to the celebration. And thanks for the great interview. I really enjoyed it and I sure hope your group participants enjoy it too!