I had stepped on this land before
But I had not stepped on it with bare feet
I had not yet let myself to go into this earth
With bare feet I am with my soul naked
uncovered from any barrier which separates us
With bare feet I am letting the earth read me and to absorb it all
Molding and shaping itself to my soles
Connecting, concealing
The earth was cold
half frozen, half asleep
awakening from a long time within
under covered by the thick layers of snow
The snow has been melting away
as the sun is coming out slowly
to caresse our faces with its tender light a
and inspiring life.
The earth is awakening
becoming greener and present
The birds are singing in the morning
as to salute the sun and the brighter days
With bare feet
I am able to feel it all
let the earth speaks to me
sweet and almost silent whispers brought by the chill breeze
With bare feet I surrender to the mysteries of this land
and the magic it is holding for me
as I let it speak and manifest through me
And I pray for it to last
for my stay to be long and bear juicy fruits
when Spring had come and gone
and it will be Summer
With my bare feet.
09 fevereiro 2010
Reaching the Generous Limits of the Sky
To love is also to hope
To hope for it to last
For that which is felt by one to be extended and felt by the other
To love is also to hope
that ir can be understood
that it can be respected and honored
To love is to learn to let go
of the Self and the pride
It is an invitation to be open for the world
even when the world seems to be closed to you
To love is to be proud of your feelings
and don't let anyone doubt their intensity
To love is to smile brightly and big
even when your heart is small with sadness and disappointment
To love is to never let go of the tenderness and care for your beloved
just because your ego may say it is the right thing to do
To love is to share your happiness with others
and let them to feel loved and be loving too.
To love is to be courageous to let your love go
to let it be transformed by time
To love is to say "I love you"
even when you risk not hearing it back
It is this enormous feeling that transcends the barriers of rational understanding
and reached the generous limits of the sky and beyond!
To love is to love more and more and more, at every new story you have
and to never be afraid of not having enough to give.
Because Love is infinite and it has no owner or expiring date
It is immortal and transcendental!
To hope for it to last
For that which is felt by one to be extended and felt by the other
To love is also to hope
that ir can be understood
that it can be respected and honored
To love is to learn to let go
of the Self and the pride
It is an invitation to be open for the world
even when the world seems to be closed to you
To love is to be proud of your feelings
and don't let anyone doubt their intensity
To love is to smile brightly and big
even when your heart is small with sadness and disappointment
To love is to never let go of the tenderness and care for your beloved
just because your ego may say it is the right thing to do
To love is to share your happiness with others
and let them to feel loved and be loving too.
To love is to be courageous to let your love go
to let it be transformed by time
To love is to say "I love you"
even when you risk not hearing it back
It is this enormous feeling that transcends the barriers of rational understanding
and reached the generous limits of the sky and beyond!
To love is to love more and more and more, at every new story you have
and to never be afraid of not having enough to give.
Because Love is infinite and it has no owner or expiring date
It is immortal and transcendental!
05 fevereiro 2010
Living Winter when it is not Spring
I have been thinking about anticipation these days.
As I walk through the main shopping alleys of the Netherlands I notice that all shops are already selling out, on 70 percent discount or more, their Winter Collection and are starting to display the new Spring Collection. Nevertheless the weather outside their windows is still freezing, rainy and gray... And we start to live a Spring which is not yet there, and will only really come in approximately 2 months from now.
From here to the 21st of March we will be longing for a time that still is about to come, for something which is not yet reality. We will be wishing the days were already sunny, the flowers blossoming and the trees green, instead of, as Nature, preparing ourselves to leave this hibernating and introverted period, and being ready to enter a new cycle in our lives.
Anticipating what is yet to come prevents us to being present and appreciating what simply is and the beauty and fragile impermanence which resides in it. If only we would walk on the streets and parks of our cities and watched how slowly the trees and loans start to awaken and bring about a different quality of life in their systems. If only we would walk around in our own systems and slowly awaken ourselves to the different quality of life we are able to live and that is being called from us at this time, and only in this very now.
So when Spring comes we are not regretting what is no longer there. So when Spring comes we welcome it with our spirits fresh, our hearts open and ready to fully live what it IS.
As I walk through the main shopping alleys of the Netherlands I notice that all shops are already selling out, on 70 percent discount or more, their Winter Collection and are starting to display the new Spring Collection. Nevertheless the weather outside their windows is still freezing, rainy and gray... And we start to live a Spring which is not yet there, and will only really come in approximately 2 months from now.
From here to the 21st of March we will be longing for a time that still is about to come, for something which is not yet reality. We will be wishing the days were already sunny, the flowers blossoming and the trees green, instead of, as Nature, preparing ourselves to leave this hibernating and introverted period, and being ready to enter a new cycle in our lives.
Anticipating what is yet to come prevents us to being present and appreciating what simply is and the beauty and fragile impermanence which resides in it. If only we would walk on the streets and parks of our cities and watched how slowly the trees and loans start to awaken and bring about a different quality of life in their systems. If only we would walk around in our own systems and slowly awaken ourselves to the different quality of life we are able to live and that is being called from us at this time, and only in this very now.
So when Spring comes we are not regretting what is no longer there. So when Spring comes we welcome it with our spirits fresh, our hearts open and ready to fully live what it IS.
Love me too
In the shop's front windows and shelves Love is displayed in red
Hearts and cupids fill in people's eyes on the streets
Love is in the air!
Soon it is Valentine's Day
Hearts get filled with hope and wish for the expected proposal or declaration from the beloved ones
Minds get preoccupied with the restless fear of loneliness
But we are all tuned into Love...
Loving ourselves, so that others can love us too
Loving others, with compassion and acceptance for what is
Loving our parents, and being grateful for their eternal support and unconditional love
Loving our children, and letting them play with the child that always live inside of us
Loving our grandparents, and honoring the paths they have walked and made it possible for us to walk differently now
Loving our partners, with our most authentic selves
Valiant Valentine
Valentine Valiant
Loving courageously and fierce
Loving tenderly and deep
Love
Love
LOVE
20 janeiro 2010
What can I offer to the young?
Here I am now in Jarna, Sweden as a contributor to the Youth Initiative Program (www.yip.se) that gathers young from 18 to 25 for a whole year so can learn and experience practices of social entrepreneurship. The place is beautiful and is considered to be the center for Antroposophy in Scandinavia, so is quite special...
As Jasmine (my mate for this work, whom I met in Copenhagen) and I were walking towards the venue where the training would take place on Monday morning, this beautiful deer came running and crossed our way. It was just amazing and I wonder what was the sign it was bringing for us.
As the week passes by, and we unfold the Chaordic Stepping Stones to the group and they respond to us saying they are really liking it and that it's being at perfect timing, I realize the deer was telling me about having the courage to step up and take leadership to pass on the knowledge and experience that I have. As I go sharing with these youngsters what my journey has been and what I am holding for the future, it grows bigger in me the sense of responsibility to play an active and intentional role in hosting youth in becoming their full potential as well as bridging them with the adult/ elder world.
And I am so grateful for that clarity and for the opportunity to be here now.
As Jasmine (my mate for this work, whom I met in Copenhagen) and I were walking towards the venue where the training would take place on Monday morning, this beautiful deer came running and crossed our way. It was just amazing and I wonder what was the sign it was bringing for us.
As the week passes by, and we unfold the Chaordic Stepping Stones to the group and they respond to us saying they are really liking it and that it's being at perfect timing, I realize the deer was telling me about having the courage to step up and take leadership to pass on the knowledge and experience that I have. As I go sharing with these youngsters what my journey has been and what I am holding for the future, it grows bigger in me the sense of responsibility to play an active and intentional role in hosting youth in becoming their full potential as well as bridging them with the adult/ elder world.
And I am so grateful for that clarity and for the opportunity to be here now.
10 janeiro 2010
ALIA Europe
This afernoon I got in Elspeet where the ALIA (Authentic Leadership in Action) Program is taking place for the first time in Europe. The place is in the middle of a national park and is all covered in snow now, since it's been snowing strongly for the past weeks in the whole Europe.
On my arrival the first person I met was Margareth Wheathley, author of the book Leadership and The New Science and some other around the power of conversations and learning communities. Wow, I said to myself, I am here and having the chance to meet these great thinkers.
As the afternoon unfolded I got meet other very interesting people who are here to attend one of the 5 modules that are gonna take place for the next five days.
I will be attending the one co-hosted by Peter Merry and Dylan Newcomb called Integral Practice of Evolutionary Leadership and Change, which will explore the living and literally embodied experience of new ways of leadership. Dylan is one of the greatest dancers in the world and has been exploring the combination between dance and theories for the new world for the past years. He has developed what is called the 16 Ways (http://www.dylannewcomb.com/Dylan_Newcomb/The_16_Ways.html). Peter is a facilitator for group processes and designs on sustainability, one of the co-founders of the Centre for Human Emergence Netherlands (http://www.humanemergence.nl/en/index.php) and also one of the partners of Engage (http://www.engagency.nl/).
It's now 9pm and I am sitting in my room, quite tired of all the good conversations I had since this afternoon, as I landed in the space and in this group of around 130 people going from one room to the other, from lunch to dinner, introducing myself, telling my story and listening other peoples stories. Wow, I can feel this is going to be a quite intense week, with much to reflect on as the learning journey continues. I can't wait.
On my arrival the first person I met was Margareth Wheathley, author of the book Leadership and The New Science and some other around the power of conversations and learning communities. Wow, I said to myself, I am here and having the chance to meet these great thinkers.
As the afternoon unfolded I got meet other very interesting people who are here to attend one of the 5 modules that are gonna take place for the next five days.
I will be attending the one co-hosted by Peter Merry and Dylan Newcomb called Integral Practice of Evolutionary Leadership and Change, which will explore the living and literally embodied experience of new ways of leadership. Dylan is one of the greatest dancers in the world and has been exploring the combination between dance and theories for the new world for the past years. He has developed what is called the 16 Ways (http://www.dylannewcomb.com/Dylan_Newcomb/The_16_Ways.html). Peter is a facilitator for group processes and designs on sustainability, one of the co-founders of the Centre for Human Emergence Netherlands (http://www.humanemergence.nl/en/index.php) and also one of the partners of Engage (http://www.engagency.nl/).
It's now 9pm and I am sitting in my room, quite tired of all the good conversations I had since this afternoon, as I landed in the space and in this group of around 130 people going from one room to the other, from lunch to dinner, introducing myself, telling my story and listening other peoples stories. Wow, I can feel this is going to be a quite intense week, with much to reflect on as the learning journey continues. I can't wait.
06 janeiro 2010
AMSTERDAM
Dia 05 de Janeiro de 2010 e eu estou sentada no sofa do Hub Amsterdam (http://www.the-hub.net/). Pela janela eu vejo a cidade sorrindo com o carinho do sol e do ceu azul, a neve branca nas ruas e as pessoas felizes caminhando na calcada ou pedalando pela rua. Aqui dentro eu observo todas essas pessoas trabalhando em seus computadores, conversando, criando, discutindo ideias e projetos de como fazer deste o mundo que queremos viver.
Aqui no meu mundo particular, mil ideias passam pela cabeca, umas mais excitantes que outras... projetos, perguntas, investigacoes, dilemas, desafios... Estar inserida nesse mundo de pratica e experimento, tentativa e erro, me inspira e desperta ainda mais minha intencao de estar "ativa no tatame da minha pratica profissional."
Na semana que estarei no ALIA Institute participando do curso: Integral Practice for Evolutionary Leadership and Change(http://www.aliainstitute.org/programs/2010europe/module05.html)com Peter Merry e Dylan Newcomb. O modulo e parte de um programa em lideranca que contara com outros 4 modulos simultaneos ao longo de 5 dias, e traz uma abordagem interessante de movimentos corporais com teorias de lideranca
Aqui no meu mundo particular, mil ideias passam pela cabeca, umas mais excitantes que outras... projetos, perguntas, investigacoes, dilemas, desafios... Estar inserida nesse mundo de pratica e experimento, tentativa e erro, me inspira e desperta ainda mais minha intencao de estar "ativa no tatame da minha pratica profissional."
Na semana que estarei no ALIA Institute participando do curso: Integral Practice for Evolutionary Leadership and Change(http://www.aliainstitute.org/programs/2010europe/module05.html)com Peter Merry e Dylan Newcomb. O modulo e parte de um programa em lideranca que contara com outros 4 modulos simultaneos ao longo de 5 dias, e traz uma abordagem interessante de movimentos corporais com teorias de lideranca
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