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Mary Oliver's poetry, with her lyrical connection to the natural world, has firmly established her in the highest realm of American poets. She is renowned for her evocative and precise imagery, which brings nature into clear focus, transforming the everyday world into a place of magic and discovery.
In this episode, on the occasion of Mary Oliver’s passing, I took time to read my favorite passages and poems. Her work has informed mine since 1998, and reading her words brings me back to the earliest days in my teaching and learning to lead.
Finally I saw that everything had come to nothing. and gave it up. and took my old body and went out into the morning and sang.
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You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.
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I know many lives worth living.
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Ten times a day something happens to me like this - some strengthening throb of amazement - some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.
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