During times of stress or economic hardship, it is tempting to give up on previous hopes and ideals and withdraw into the basic anxieties of survival. Join David Whyte to revisit the core conversations of our lives and look at the elements that make up our particular approach to life. You will learn:
- How outer successes can often lead to a fatal preoccupation with peripheries in which we lose both focus and a sense of real satisfaction
- The steps necessary for returning home to saner simplicities.
- How adversity in the outer world can be a friend to us, turning us away from secondary preoccupations and turning us to a more focused but more foundational ground from which to take the next step.
- The disciplines inherent in creating a perceptive mind equal to the breadth and depth of the world that surrounds us.
It is appropriate for all, but will address living with stressful responsibilities that can easily put us on the defensive, slowly inducing us to create identities that are good at keeping things at bay but not so good at meeting them with courage and conviction.
Through poetry—both his own and others'—and conversation, Whyte will inspire and challenge. Participants will have time to engage in conversations with each other and consider the next practical steps they can take in their lives.
