Comments on: “The pitcher cries for water to carry” | A Poem from the ICF Conference http://www.andreajlee.com/blog/archives/2007/11/05/the-pitcher-cries-for-water-to-carry-a-poem-from-the-icf-conference/ Creating What Matters for Conscious Business Owners Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jan Barosh http://www.andreajlee.com/blog/archives/2007/11/05/the-pitcher-cries-for-water-to-carry-a-poem-from-the-icf-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Jan Barosh Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:40:22 +0000 http://www.andreajlee.com/blog/?p=530#comment-688 A Greek Amphora for wine and oil. Wine is more astringent but full of flavor as it sensitizes the tongue to the promise of joy, comradeship or romance. Oil coats and soothes with a hint a flavor that enhances our cuisine of choice. Within me is the sharp edge that can sensitize people to the desire to lead a more fulfilling life with it's promise of happiness and good relationships. My oil is the zeal to reach out to people where they are at, guide them to discover how much more they can be and help them set their own path to get there. The water I carry is the water of wellness that dribbles here and there, spills out to those who are more receptive and provides a full shower to those who are ready to wash away their unhealthy habits and enjoy the effervescent luminosity of a life full of health. A Greek Amphora for wine and oil.

Wine is more astringent but full of flavor as it sensitizes the tongue to the promise of joy, comradeship or romance. Oil coats and soothes with a hint a flavor that enhances our cuisine of choice.

Within me is the sharp edge that can sensitize people to the desire to lead a more fulfilling life with it’s promise of happiness and good relationships. My oil is the zeal to reach out to people where they are at, guide them to discover how much more they can be and help them set their own path to get there.

The water I carry is the water of wellness that dribbles here and there, spills out to those who are more receptive and provides a full shower to those who are ready to wash away their unhealthy habits and enjoy the effervescent luminosity of a life full of health.

]]> By: Barbra Sundquist http://www.andreajlee.com/blog/archives/2007/11/05/the-pitcher-cries-for-water-to-carry-a-poem-from-the-icf-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Barbra Sundquist Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:48:57 +0000 http://www.andreajlee.com/blog/?p=530#comment-687 I love this question Andrea. The picture that I'm getting is an amphora with an artesian well of kindness and compassion inside - so that as I share kindness and compassion with others, more flows in to replenish. I love this question Andrea. The picture that I’m getting is an amphora with an artesian well of kindness and compassion inside – so that as I share kindness and compassion with others, more flows in to replenish.

]]> By: valerie green http://www.andreajlee.com/blog/archives/2007/11/05/the-pitcher-cries-for-water-to-carry-a-poem-from-the-icf-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-686 valerie green Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:09:00 +0000 http://www.andreajlee.com/blog/?p=530#comment-686 Thoughts on reclaiming the beauty of "strain".... (from the poem's: "Strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward") Ah, to strain into the wind, the beauty of being the sail of a boat harnessing that 'useful' crux between wind and sea. Not to be confused with the grabbing grasping forceful effort of busy furtive minds... but a full bodied leaning into... leaning into the very thing that moves and calls our keels ever deeper into being. Thoughts on reclaiming the beauty of “strain”….

(from the poem’s: “Strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward”)

Ah, to strain into the wind,
the beauty of being the sail of a boat
harnessing that ‘useful’ crux
between wind and sea.

Not to be confused with
the grabbing
grasping
forceful
effort
of busy furtive minds…

but a full bodied
leaning into…

leaning into the very thing
that moves
and calls our keels
ever deeper into being.

]]> By: Erica Ross-Krieger http://www.andreajlee.com/blog/archives/2007/11/05/the-pitcher-cries-for-water-to-carry-a-poem-from-the-icf-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Erica Ross-Krieger Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:18:03 +0000 http://www.andreajlee.com/blog/?p=530#comment-685 Thanks for asking the question, Andrea. I'm happiest when I carry water of the soul -- the water of wellness and meaning, which fills me up -- and I'm at my best when I can encourage others to carry the water that fills them up, too. Thanks for asking the question, Andrea. I’m happiest when I carry water of the soul — the water of wellness and meaning, which fills me up — and I’m at my best when I can encourage others to carry the water that fills them up, too.

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