POEM - Conversational Awareness - David Whyte

David Whyte: Conversational Awareness


"There’s no self that will survive a real conversation,
there’s no self that will survive a real meeting with something other than itself,
there’s no organisation that will keep its original identity if its in the conversation,
after a while you realise
you don’t actually want to keep that old static identity, 
you want to move the pivot of your presence 
from this thing you think is you 
into this meeting with the future, 
with the people you serve, with your family, with your loved ones 
and its in this self-forgetfulness where you meet something other than yourself 
and all kinds of astonishing things happen " David Whyte


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