Who are the truly great? I know how the world defines greatness--powerful, influential, of outstanding significance or importance--but few of us will ever feel this type of greatness.
The type of greatness I strive for is beautifully hinted at in The Truly Great by Stephen Spender.
I think continually of those who were truly great
who, from the womb, remembered the souls history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
Should tell of the spirit, clothed from head to foot in song.
And who hoarded from the Spring branches
The desires falling across their bodies like blossoms.
This type of greatness is available to all of us, whenever we are true to our natures, whenever we are "faithful to our own eccentric nature, and bring it out into the conversation with the world." --David Whyte, Crossing the Unknown Sea.
Won't you dare to be great today?
Monday, May 4, 2009
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