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Yutori ~ Spaciousness

Posted on October 11, 2019 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

ゆとり~ Yutori The Japanese have a concept called ‘yutori’ – an idea that connotes a sense of spaciousness, elbowroom, leeway, reserve, margin, allowance, latitude… time. From a conversation with her Japanese student, poet Naomi Shihab Nye explains, It’s a kind of living … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Proverbs | Tagged Be in that space with the poem, Ephesians 2:10, Holding space for it, Naomi Shihab Nye, Poem, Riding a wave of thought, Spaciousness, Time, Time and Timelessness, Your life is a poem, Yutori | Leave a comment

Before you know what Kindness really is…

Posted on March 10, 2017 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Proverbs | Tagged Kindness, Kindness and Loss, Naomi Shihab Nye, Parker Palmer, The other deepest thing, The tender gravity of kindness, Wake up with sorrow | 6 Comments

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