I Will Not Die An Unlived Life

I'm currently reading a book by Dawna Markova called I Will Not Die An Unlived Life, and this is the dedication:

"This book is dedicated to...those

who insist on breaking free of the limitations of their previous history,

who wish to love the life they live, and live a life they can love,

and

who are committed to serving the best of what can be possible."

If that's not enough of a clincher, Dawna then goes on to start the first chapter with this poem she wrote after her father died:

“I will not die an unlived life.

I will not live in fear

of falling or catching fire.

I choose to inhabit my days,

to allow my living to open me,

to make me less afraid,

more accessible;

to loosen my heart

until it becomes a wing,

a torch, a promise.

I choose to risk my significance,

to live so that which came to me as seed

goes to the next as blossom,

and that which came to me as blossom,

goes on as fruit.”

And that's just the beginning! This book definitely gets an official place in the "permanent stack" next to my bed.

Comments

[Erin]

Wow! I love everything about that! Favorite line: "I choose to risk my significance" - lovely.

[Lance]

That looks both scary and exciting. Which is probably how it should be.

[One Rare Bird]

Erin - I love that line too, and "I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire..."

Lance - Scary, but SO necessary!