 I'M DEWITT JONES,
 FOR 20 YEARS
 I WORKED FOR
 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC,
 PHOTOGRAPHING
 STORIES ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
 CREATING EXTRAORDINARY
 VISIONS.
 I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL
 FROM THESE VISIONS --
ABOUT SOCIETY, ABOUT GEOGRAPHY,
 ABOUT PEOPLE.
 BUT THE VISION THAT MOST
 CHANGED MY LIFE
 WAS NOT PHOTOGRAPHIC.
 IT WAS AN ATTITUDE, A
 PERSPECTIVE THAT EXISTS
 AT THE CORE OF
 THE GEOGRAPHIC.
 A VISION SO SIMPLE
 YET SO PROFOUND...
 A VISION I'D LIKE
 TO SHARE WITH YOU.
 CELEBRATE.WHAT'S
 RIGHT WITH THE WORLD!
WE ALL HAVE TEACHERS
IN OUR LIVES,
MENTORS THAT SHOW
US WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
WAS ONE OF THOSE FOR ME.
MAYBE IT WAS
FOR MANY OF YOU.
I USE TO READ IT
AT NIGHT.
EVEN AFTER MY PARENTS TOLD ME
TO TURN OUT THE LIGHT
AND GO TO SLEEP,
I WOULDN'T DO IT.
I'D GET A FLASHLIGHT;
I'D HIDE UNDER THE COVERS.
I'D STAY UP AND
STARE AT THOSE PHOTOS
IN THAT LITTLE
YELLOW BOOK.
PICTURES THAT SHOWED ME
THE POSSIBILITIES
THE WORLD
HAD TO OFFER.
I NEVER THOUGHT
I'D WORK FOR THEM.
I NEVER THOUGHT
I'D SHOOT FOR THEM.
THEY BEGAN TO
INFLUENCE MY LIFE
LONG BEFORE I EVEN KNEW
I WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAD
A WONDERFUL VISION --
WHAT THEY CHARGED ME WITH
EVERY TIME THEY SENT ME OUT --
WAS TO CELEBRATE WHAT WAS
RIGHT WITH THE WORLD
RATHER THAN WALLOW IN
WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT.
THAT'S WHY WE KEEP THEM.
WE ALL DO.
I MEAN, IT'S A
NATIONAL SACRILEGE
TO THROW AWAY
A GEOGRAPHIC.
BECAUSE THEY CELEBRATE
WHAT'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.
AND NOBODY WANTS
TO THROW THAT AWAY.
 WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I USED
 TO HOLD THAT MAXIM --
 I WON'T BELIEVE IT,
 UNTIL I SEE IT.
YET THE MORE I SHOT
FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC
THE MORE I REALIZED
THAT I HAD IT BACKWARDS.
THAT THE WAY IT
REALLY WORKS IS --
I WON'T SEE IT,
TILL I BELIEVE IT.
THAT'S THE WAY
LIFE WORKS.
WELL, I BELIEVED IT.
I BELIEVED THE VISION OF THE
GEOGRAPHICND THE MORE I DID,
THE MORE I'D SEE
IT IN EVERYTHING.
THEY'D SEND ME OUT TO
PLACES I'D NEVER BEEN.
I'D BELIEVE
THERE WOULD BE
BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES
TO PHOTOGRAPH. THEY'D APPEAR.
 I'D BELIEVE
 THOSE LANDSCAPES
 WOULD BE FULL OF
 WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
 THEY'D BE THERE.
 I'D BEGIN EVERY ASSIGNMENT,
 EVERY DAY, EVERY SHOT
 TRYING TO CELEBRATE WHAT
 WAS RIGHT WITH THE SITUATION
 RATHER THAN
 WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT.
 WHEN I STARTED, I HAD
 NO IDEA HOW POWERFUL
THAT VISION WOULD BE, HOW
MUCH IT WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE.
BUT VISION CONTROLS
OUR PERCEPTION,
AND OUR PERCEPTION
BECOMES OUR REALITY.
"CELEBRATING WHAT'S
RIGHT WITH THE WORLD."
IT WAS A VISION THAT
HAD PURPOSE AND PASSION
FOR EVERYBODY
AT THE GEOGRAPHIC.
DO YOU HAVE A
VISION LIKE THAT?
NOT JUST FOR YOUR
ORGANIZATION ... FOR YOURSELF?
A VISION THAT YOU CAN
PUT INTO SIX WORDS.
THAT EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU SAY
THOSE WORDS YOU'D SAY: "YES!
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE DOING
WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE DOING."
BECAUSE WHEN THE
VISION IS CLEAR,
THEN PASSION AND CREATIVITY
ARE THERE AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT
BECAUSE I LIVED IT.
 ALL OF A SUDDEN,
 I WASN'T JUST LOOKING
 AT THOSE PICTURES
 ON THE PRINTED PAGE.
 I WAS THERE.
 AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
 PLACE THERE WAS.
 FROM THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS,
TO RIVERS DRENCHED IN SUNLIGHT,
 TO RAINBOWS IN SEASHELLS.
 EVERYWHERE I LOOKED,
 THERE WOULD BE
 AMAZING BEAUTY FOR
 ME TO PHOTOGRAPH.
 AND IN THE
 GEOGRAPHIC'S VIEW,
 MAN WAS AN INTEGRAL
 PART OF THAT BEAUTY.
 NOT SOMETHING
 SEPARATE.
 JUST AS BEAUTIFUL,
 JUST AS MAGICAL
 AS ANYTHING ELSE
 ON THE PLANET.
 AND WHEN I CELEBRATED THE BEST
 IN PEOPLE, I COULD SEE THAT.
 I COULD SEE IT:
 IN THE FACES OF THOSE AT WORK,
 OR THE BODY LANGUAGE
 OF THOSE AT PLAY,
 THOSE IN THEIR YOUTH,
 OR IN THEIR AGE.
 CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS GUY?
 I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE
A GOOD SHOT BEFORE HE SMILED...
 I WOULD SEE IT.
 I WOULD SEE THAT
 LIGHT THAT SHINES --
 NOT ON US,
 BUT FROM WITHIN US.
 FROM WITHIN US WHEN WE
 TRUST ENOUGH TO LET IT OUT.
 IT WAS THE SAME LIGHT
 I'D SEEN IN NATURE
 THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO
 TRUST TO EXPOSE ITSELF.
 BUT JUST GRACED US EVERY DAY
 WITH THE DELICACY OF A FLOWER,
 OR THE FADING
 LIGHT ON HALF DOME.
 YET THE MORE I CELEBRATED
 THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD,
 THE MORE I FOUND A
 CONFLICT GROWING WITHIN ME
 BETWEEN THE
 GEOGRAPHIC'S PARADIGM .
 AND THE WORLD VIEW THAT I'D
 BEEN TAUGHT SINCE I WAS A
 CHILD.
 MY INTELLECTUAL PARADIGM.
 YOU ALL KNOW IT.
 THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE.
 EAT OR BE EATEN.
 MY WIN IS YOUR LOSS.
 SECOND PLACE IS THE FIRST
 LOSER.
 WE LIVE IN THAT PARADIGM
 ALL THE TIME -
 A WORLD BASED ON FEAR
 AND SCARCITY AND COMPETITION.
 IT'S TRUE IF YOU
 CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IT.
 BUT IT WASN'T WHAT
 NATURE WAS SHOWING ME.
 NATURE WAS SHOWING ME
INCREDIBLE BEAUTY STANDING JUST
 BEYOND THE RAT RACE
 SAYING "HELLO, HELLO."
 ALWAYS THERE IF I
 WAS OPEN ENOUGH TO SEE IT.
 I MEAN, COME ON.
 NATURE NEVER STOOD IN
 FRONT OF A FOREST AND SAID,
 "THERE IS ONE GREAT
 PHOTOGRAPH HIDDEN HERE.
 ONE PHOTOGRAPHER
 WILL FIND IT
 AND THE REST OF YOU
 WILL BE HOPELESS LOSERS."
 NATURE SAID, "HOW MANY
 ROLLS DO YOU GOT, DEWITT?
 BRING IT ON. BRING IT ON.
 I'LL FILL THEM UP.
 I'LL FILL THEM UP WITH LAYERS
 OF BEAUTY AND POSSIBILITY
 BEYOND ANYTHING
 YOU'VE EVER IMAGINED.
 RIGHT DOWN TO
 MY TINIEST SEED."
DO WE CHOOSE TO SEE
THOSE POSSIBILITIES?
DO WE TRULY BELIEVE
THAT THEY'RE THERE?
PERCEPTION CONTROLS
OUR REALITY
AND IF WE DON'T BELIEVE IT,
WE WON'T SEE IT.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME
THEY SENT ME UP
TO THE SELKIRK MOUNTAINS
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA .
 I CAME UPON THIS GREAT
 FIELD OF DANDELIONS.
 BUT I JUST WASN'T INTO IT,
 AND I STARTED TO SAY,
 "WELL, THE LIGHT ISN'T RIGHT,
 I'LL COME BACK TOMORROW."
WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
AT HOME, AT WORK.
"I JUST CAN'T GET INTO IT.
I'LL DO IT TOMORROW."
AND THEN TOMORROW TURNS
INTO NEXT WEEK
AND BY THE TIME I GOT BACK
THERE . NO MORE DANDELIONS.
 I HAD PUFFBALLS.
 THAT WASN'T THE
 WAY I'D PLANNED IT.
AND I WAS JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE
WHEN A LITTLE VOICE INSIDE ME
SAID, "COME ON, DEWITT,
WHAT'S HERE TO CELEBRATE ?
 I KNOW IT WASN'T
 HOW YOU PLANNED IT,
 BUT WHAT'S RIGHT
 WITH THE SITUATION?
 WHERE ARE THE
 POSSIBILITIES?"
 BEFORE I KNEW IT I
 WAS INTO PUFFBALLS.
 PUFFBALLS,
 PUFFBALLS!
 OVER THE PUFFBALLS,
 AT EYE LEVEL WITH THE
 PUFFBALLS,
UNDER THE PUFFBALLS, LOOKING AT
THEM FROM EVERY ANGLE UNTIL ...
 WOW, THAT'S WHAT I FOUND.
 IT WAS THERE.
 IT SEEMED IT WAS
 ALWAYS THERE...
 IF I WAS OPEN
 ENOUGH TO SEE IT.
THE MORE I SHOT
FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC,
THE MORE I REALIZED
WHAT A POWERFUL FORCE
OUR VISION
CAN BE.
AS I CELEBRATED WHAT WAS
RIGHT WITH THE WORLD,
I BEGAN TO BUILD A VISION OF
POSSIBILITY, NOT SCARCITY.
POSSIBILITY... ALWAYS
ANOTHER RIGHT ANSWER...
A VISION THAT SHOWED ME THAT NO
 MATTER HOW BLEAK AND DESOLATE,
 NO MATTER HOW DRY
 AND DEVOID OF POSSIBILITIES
 THE SITUATION
 MIGHT SEEM,
THAT IF I WAS
OPEN TO IT...
I COULD ALWAYS
FIND A PERSPECTIVE .
 IN THIS CASE JUST BY
 DROPPING DOWN IN THAT CRACK
 IN THE SLICK ROCK,
 AND LOOKING BACK.
 A PERSPECTIVE THAT WOULD
 TRANSFORM THE ORDINARY .
 INTO THE
 EXTRAORDINARY.
HOW OPEN TO POSSIBILITY DOES
OUR VISION ALLOW US TO BE?
OPEN,
REALLY OPEN.
EVEN WHEN WE THINK WE KNOW
WHAT THE ANSWER WILL BE.
I WAS SHOOTING RECENTLY
IN MARINE WORLD
AND I HAD GOTTEN THE SHOTS
OF THE WHALES AND DOLPHINS,
HEADING BACK TO THE CAR,
AND I SAW THIS KID
STANDING IN FRONT
OF THE DANCING FOUNTAINS.
DANCING FOUNTAINS- WHERE THE
WATER COMES OUT OF ONE
AND GOES UP AND GOES
INTO ANOTHER
AND UP AND INTO
THE NEXT ONE.
 AND THIS KID HAD HIS
 HAND ON THE SOURCE!
 AND HE WAS READY
 -- AND SO WAS I.
 AND HE WAS WAITING
 -- AND SO WAS I.
 AND I KNEW WHAT THAT
 ANSWER WOULD BE.
 AND ... I NAILED IT!
 BUT, I'M NOT PUTTING
 ON THE BRAKES;
 I'M NOT TAKING MY EYE OFF THE
 VIEWFINDER; I'M STAYING OPEN.
 BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T, IF
 I THOUGHT THIS WAS IT,
 I NEVER WOULD
 HAVE SEEN..........
 THIS ONE!
CELEBRATING WHAT'S
RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.
IT NOT ONLY KEEPS US
OPEN TO POSSIBILITIES,
IT GIVES US ENERGY.
 WHEN I'M SETTING UP A SHOT,
 I ALWAYS BEGIN BY SAYING,
 "WHAT'S EXCITING ME?
 WHAT'S HERE TO CELEBRATE?
 WHAT'S THE VERY BEST
 THIS SHOT HAS TO OFFER?"
AND THEN I TRY AND ENHANCE THAT
AND GET RID OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
 INSTEAD OF STARTING OUT AS WE
 SO OFTEN DO BY GRIPING ABOUT
 WHAT'S WRONG WITH
 THE SITUATION...
 WHAT'S RIGHT WITH IT?
 BECAUSE, BY CELEBRATING
 THE BEST -- THAT ALLOWS US
TO FALL IN LOVE WITH IT, THAT
CONNECTS US WITH OUR PASSION,
THAT EMANCIPATES
THE ENERGY.
BY CELEBRATING
WHAT'S RIGHT,
WE FIND THE ENERGY
TO FIX WHAT'S WRONG.
AS MICHELANGELO ONCE WROTE,
"I SAW AN ANGEL IN THE STONE
 AND CARVED TO SET IT FREE."
 THE RIGHT VISION -- IT KEEPS
 US OPEN TO POSSIBILITIES,
 IT GIVES US ENERGY....
 AND IT MAKES US MUCH
 MORE ACCEPTING OF CHANGE.
 CHANGE?
 BOY, AS A PHOTOGRAPHER
 I'D PRAY FOR CHANGE.
 I'D GET DOWN ON MY KNEES AND
 BEG THE WEATHER OR THE WIND
 OR THE LIGHT
 TO DO ITS THING.
 IT WAS THE STATUS QUO
 THAT WOULD MAKE MY PICTURES
 BORING AND REDUNDANT.
 IN FACT, I BEGAN TO SEE
 THAT THE VERY THING
 THAT SO OFTEN
 FRIGHTENS US TODAY
 - THAT AWESOME CHANGE CURVE
 WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT,
 THE PHENOMENAL RATE OF CHANGE
 IN OUR SOCIETY --
 WAS REALLY MY ALLY.
 IN FACT, IF
 I VIEWED IT
 FROM JUST A SLIGHTLY
 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE,
 IT WASN'T A CHANGE
 CURVE AT ALL...
 IT WAS A
 POSSIBILITY CURVE.
 A POSSIBILITY CURVE?
 COULD I SEE IT LIKE THAT?
 I KNEW FROM MY PHOTOGRAPHY
 THAT IT WAS TRUE.
 CHANGE IS POSSIBILITY.
 AND THE TIMES OF MOST CHANGE
ALWAYS HOLD THE MOST POTENTIAL.
 SO WE LIVE IN AN ACCELERATING
 POSSIBILITY CURVE.
 PERHAPS WE CAN'T CONTROL IT,
 BUT WE CAN LEARN TO RIDE IT...
 LIKE A SURFER ON A WAVE
 OR A BIRD ON A THERMAL.
 TO USE ITS POWER TO TAKE
 US WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
 TO LIVE IN UNCERTAINTY,
 AND YET ACT WITH CONFIDENCE.
 NOW THAT'S SOMETHING
 I COULD CELEBRATE.
 AND THE MORE I DID,
 THE MORE I TOOK ALL MY SKILLS
 AND USED THEM TO RIDE THAT
 WAVE OF POSSIBILITY.
 THE MORE I FOUND IN MY
 PHOTOGRAPHY AND IN MY LIFE
 THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
 GOOD FRAME AND A GREAT FRAME
 IS MEASURED IN
 MILLIMETERS NOT MILES.
 GOOD FRAME. A MORNING GLORY ON
 A BEACH IN MAUI.
 10 INCHES CLOSER --
 GREAT FRAME.
 GOOD FRAME. A COWBOY
 IN BRYCE CANYON.
 30 FEET AWAY IN THE DOORWAY
 OF A BARN -- GREAT FRAME.
 GOOD FRAME. SUNSET ON THE
 GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
 WITH THE NEW MOON RISING.
 HOW COULD IT GET ANY BETTER?
 FIFTEEN MINUTES
 LATER -- GREAT FRAME.
 WHEN WE BELIEVE
 IT, WE'LL SEE IT.
 THE POWER OF VISION
 IS EXTRAORDINARY.
 IT TRANSFORMS THE WAY
 WE LOOK AT THE WORLD.
 IT CAN TAKE US FROM FLAPPING
 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOCK
 TO SOARING TO HEIGHTS
 WE NEVER DREAMED OF.
 BUT WE HAVE TO BE
 WILLING TO TRUST IT,
 TO COME OUT
 TO OUR EDGE.
 BECAUSE IT'S HERE
 ON THE EDGE
 THAT WE FIND THE WINDS
 TO TAKE US HIGHER.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE EXTERNAL
EDGES THAT WE HAVE TO TEST;
IT'S THE INTERNAL
ONES AS WELL.
IF WE'RE GOING TO
REALLY LEARN TO SOAR,
WE HAVE TO KNOW OURSELVES AS
WELL AS WE KNOW OUR CRAFT.
I REALIZED THAT IF
I WAS GOING TO TAKE IT
HIGHER IN MY OWN LIFE,
I HAD TO SPEND TIME
NOT JUST WITH WHAT I DO,
BUT WITH WHO I AM.
THAT'S A LOT HARDER;
AT LEAST IT WAS FOR ME.
DISCOVERING WHO I WAS AND BEING
COMFORTABLE WITH IT-
A LOT HARDER THAN
TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH.
AND YET, I KNEW THAT WAS
THE MOVE FROM GOOD FRAME
TO GREAT FRAME.
THAT WAS THE EDGE
I'D HAVE TO PRESS.
THAT EDGE IN EACH
OF OUR LIVES
BETWEEN SUCCESS
AND SIGNIFICANCE.
THAT SUBTLE EDGE BETWEEN
BEING THE BEST IN THE WORLD
AND BEING THE
BEST FOR THE WORLD.
NOT AN EASY SHIFT.
BUT EVERY TIME THAT
I'D LOSE FAITH
THAT I MIGHT EVER BE
ABLE TO MAKE IT,
I'D MEET SOMEONE WHO HAD,
AND THEY'D SERVE AS A BEACON
TO SHOW ME IT
WAS POSSIBLE.
I MET SUCH A PERSON ON
SCOTLAND'S OUTER HEBRIDES.
HER NAME WAS
MARION CAMPBELL
AND SHE WAS THE FINEST
WEAVER IN ALL OF SCOTLAND.
 SHE WAS A
 NATIONAL TREASURE.
 SHE HAD BEEN
 CITED BY THE QUEEN,
 AND SHE LIVED IN THE
 TINY TOWN OF PLOCKRAPOOL.
 AND I HAD TO
 PHOTOGRAPH HER.
 AND I WENT TO HER HOUSE
 AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.
 SHE CAME OUT. LOVELY WOMAN.
AND SHE SAID, "CAN I HELP YOU?"
 AND I SAID "YEAH, I'M FROM
 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
 AND I WANT TO
 PHOTOGRAPH YOU."
AND SHE SAID, "WAIT.MY
BROTHER IS VERY SICK UPSTAIRS.
HE MAY BE DYING, AND
I'M TAKING CARE OF HIM."
I FELT LIKE A
COMPLETE IDIOT.
I BEGAN TO APOLOGIZE,
I BACKED OFF
AND SHE STOPPED ME
AND SAID, "WAIT, WAIT.
GIVE ME AN HOUR AND I'LL BE
READY." AND SHE CLOSED THE DOOR.
 AND I WANDERED AROUND THE
 VILLAGE THINKING OF THE
 EXTRAORDINARY PRESENCE
 OF THIS WOMAN.
 WHY? WHEN HER BROTHER WAS
 DYING,
 WOULD SHE GIVE ME TIME?
 AND THEN I HEARD
 THE HAND SHUTTLE
 BEING THROWN
 ACROSS HER LOOM.
 AND I FOUND HER
 IN HER WEAVING SHED
 LIT ONLY BY
 THE LIGHT OF THE WINDOW.
 AND SHE SHOWED ME THE YARN
 THAT SHE'D SPUN BY HAND.
 AND SHE TOLD ME HOW SHE'D GONE
 INTO THE FIELDS AND SCRAPED
 THE LICHENS OFF THE ROCK
 TO MAKE HER DYES.
 I WAS STILL NERVOUS AND
 EMBARRASSED
 I TOOK A FEW QUICK
 PHOTOGRAPHS  AND I SAID,
 "THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
 FINE. I'VE GOT IT."
 AND I STARTED TO LEAVE.
 AND AGAIN SHE STOPPED ME.
 SHE TOOK ME
 INTO HER HOUSE.
 AND SHE'D PUT OUT BISCUITS
 AND SHE'D MADE TEA.
 AND SHE WOULDN'T EAT
 TILL I HAD EATEN.
 AND SHE INVITED ME
 INTO HER LIVING ROOM
 AND SHE STOKED THE PEAT FIRE
 AND WE SAT TOGETHER.
 AND SHE TALKED
 QUITETLY AND SIMPLY
 AND I KEPT THINKING I WAS IN
 THE PRESENCE OF A GREAT SAGE,
 AND I WAS WAITING FOR
 SOME GREAT GIFT OF WISDOM.
AND FINALLY I SAID, "WHAT DO
YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU WEAVE?"
SHE SAID, "I WONDER IF
I'LL RUN OUT OF THREAD."
IT WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT
I THOUGHT I'D HEAR.
SHE MUST HAVE SEEN MY
DISCOMFORT BECAUSE
SHE SMILED AT ME AND
SHE COCKED HER HEAD
AND SHE SAID,
"WHEN I WEAVE, I WEAVE."
AND IN MY OWN MIND I HEARD,
"WHEN I WEAVE, I WEAVE;
WHEN I PHOTOGRAPH,
I PHOTOGRAPH;
WHEN I SERVE,
I SERVE;
WHEN I CELEBRATE,
I CELEBRATE."
THERE'S NO USE WALKING
ANYWHERE TO PREACH,
UNLESS YOUR WALKING IS YOUR
PREACHING AND THAT EVENING,
THOUGH HER ACTIONS
AND HER WORDS,
MARION CAMPBELL SHOWED ME
WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO SOAR.
SHE WAS WHO SHE WAS - WITH
DISCIPLINE, WITH GRACE,
 WITH TOTAL LACK OF EGO.
 SHE WAS A THERMAL RIDER.
NOT JUST THE BEST IN THE WORLD,
 BUT THE BEST FOR THE WORLD.
COULD I DO THAT?
COULD I TRUST MY OWN VALUES
AND VISION ENOUGH
TO STEP OUT
BEYOND MY OWN EDGE?
TO FIND A NEW
BALANCE IN MY LIFE.
NOT ONE OF LIMITATION,
BUT ONE OF POSSIBILITY,
NOT AN EITHER/OR BALANCE
BUT A BOTH/AND BALANCE
BETWEEN WHAT I DO
AND WHO I AM.
A BALANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW ME
TO KEEP ALL OF MY INTENSITY
AND FOCUS AND AT THE SAME TIME,
NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THOSE THINGS
THAT WERE REALLY
IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE.
A BALANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW ME
TO TAKE IT ALL IN
TILL I WAS FULL TO OVERFLOWING
AND THEN WITH GRATITUDE,
AND WITH GRACE,
TO GIVE IT ALL BACK.
TO BE LIKE THE SUNSET
THAT NATURE
GRACES US WITH
EVERY EVENING.
TO PUT IT ALL OUT THERE,
TO PUBLISH IT IN MY LIFE.
