Sublime

Poet David Whyte offered a fresh perspective through his concept of a “conversational identity.” The idea is that we are constantly changing and evolving, always in the middle of something; therefore, our relationships should be fluid, more conversational, where we are not completing the work but rather beginning the conversation. He explained that

an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching

What is the story you always tell about yourself? Can you tell it one last time?

Often a person’s identity, that wild inner complexity of soul and colour of spirit, becomes shrunken into their work identity. They become prisoners of their role. They limit and reduce their lives. They become seduced by the practice of self-absence. They move further and further away from their own lives. They are forced backwards into hidden are

Debra Chamberlin-Taylor,

Our individuality is entwined with our connectedness; so the work of healing and growth happens both alone and in relation to others.

one of the abiding themes of this book—that many of the hopes we hold for a particular marriage are never consummated in the way we originally imagined.