How we respond to an invitation can mark or maim us for the rest of our days. A life can often be measured against how sure we are in resonding to the initial beckoning image. (David Whyte)

There seems to be a constant visiting dynamic in all stages of life where it appers that we get only the girl, the guy, the work, the job, the sense of self, or a participation in wider creation that we actually feel we are worthy of. (David Whyte)

In the Buddhist tradition the ability to be happy is often translated into english as "equanamity" roughly meaning to be equal to things, to be large enough for the drama in which we find ourselves. (David Whyte)