Musing…
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.”
––Oscar Wilde
Kate’s Turn:
I have been so inspired recently by a number of people whose story was told in a movie, documentary or interview: Mary Oliver, American poet who recently passed; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice who is a forceful advocate for women’s rights and gender equality; and Mr. Rogers, educator, activist and advocate for children. Each has given significant contributions to our world by living their passion out in their work, by being themselves fully, and manifesting the fires that burned within them. Their creative contributions have been borne out of who they are. Now, you may not reach their level of notoriety in your creative expression, but who you are and how you live out your passion is important and felt nevertheless. It is borne out of simply being yourself.
I have been so inspired recently by a number of people whose story was told in a movie, documentary or interview: Mary Oliver, American poet who recently passed; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice who is a forceful advocate for women’s rights and gender equality; and Mr. Rogers, educator, activist and advocate for children. Each has given significant contributions to our world by living their passion out in their work, by being themselves fully, and manifesting the fires that burned within them. Their creative contributions have been borne out of who they are. Now, you may not reach their level of notoriety in your creative expression, but who you are and how you live out your passion is important and felt nevertheless. It is borne out of simply being yourself.
“It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”––Mr. Rogers
"I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability."––Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”––Mary Oliver
Get Fired Up:
How can you allow your passions to be expressed simply in being yourself?
How can you allow your passions to be expressed simply in being yourself?
What action is calling you to honor your becoming?
