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For a limited time only…life
What will you do with your limited time.
Nearly 1,000 posts ago, my very first daily post was: “Life is Wild and Precious, Be Present”, musing on presence, purpose, with one of the anchors being a Mary Oliver poem that ends with the question:
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
This blog is about leadership. That start with self-leadership and self-awareness. To know ourselves, we need to pause, to stop the busy-ness, quiet the mind and more.
As we continue on this pandemic journey both very real and so surreal, I hope you can make time for yourself to truly pause.
In support of that wish, today I curate for you a piece written by the master of pause, Rob Poynton. I encourage you to take time to read it, slowly and thoughtfully, to then use it for your own time to pause and reflect.
For a limited time only
I am sitting in St. Sepulchre’s Graveyard. As I wandered in, looking for a place to settle, I paused here and there, to read some of the words people chose to carve in stone, and remember their loved ones by.
More often than not, they dwell on character, not achievement. ‘A good son, a good brother, a good…
