One of the greatest blessing in life is to find someone who inspires you to go beyond where you have been and to step into a greater presence in life. Of course, we many find our role models and inspirations come from different people and places at different times in our lives. Who whispers to your soul? Who inspires you to step into a greater presence in life? 

"Pause Now" is one of my all-time favorite poems and I have used it in many classes and workshops as a reminder to take time to connect more deeply with ourselves. Do you have a regular practice of pausing? How do you stay centered in a world that is continually pulling us off?

This is one of my favorite poems. I wrote it while walking the beach in Scarborough, Australia when a question formed: Is the horizon you envision for yourself big enough to hold your dreams? That question became the seed for my own self examination and growth and served as the key line in the poem that I composed over the next two days. What limits your horizon and what might you do to expand it?