This is one of the ‘contemplative writings’ in my courses and workshops. You can read it from the heart, from the body, and receive something from it that is even deeper than the words.

“Life is not broken.” Just let it in, drink it up, allow your whole being to rest in the truth and simplicity of this wisdom.

Everything Has a Deep Dream
Rachel Naomi Remen

I’ve spent many years learning
how to fix life, only to discover
at the end of the day
that life is not broken.

There is a hidden seed of greater wholeness
in everyone and everything.
We serve life best
when we water it
and befriend it.
When we listen before we act.

In befriending life,
we do make things happen
according to our own design.
We uncover something that is already happening
in us and around us and
create conditions that enable it.

Everything is moving towards its place of wholeness
always struggling against odds.

Everything has a deep dream of itself and its fulfillment.