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The Necessary Art of Rest

Coming to Ground in the Essential Nature of our Work

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David Whyte
May 11, 2023
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'My fingers emit sparks of fire with expectation of my future labours.'
    
   -William Blake

The motivation to find both our vocation and our avocation in life, and bring them together in a restful way, is magnified and made compelling by establishing and then practicing the real physical understanding that we are all of us here for such a short time. …

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