Listening in to our inner voice: Answering the call (S12E8)

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The root of this episode was inspired by a young man I met this summer.

You'll hear the story that prompted today's question: how are you answering the call?

This isn't the first time someone has posed this question - you'll hear I share some of their words too. Yet, I feel it bears repeating.

And while I recognise it may seem particularly pertinent at this time of year, I see it as a universal, eternal question. Something, perhaps, we can all continue to ask.

Thoughts that arise are:

• The words of Mary Oliver’s timeless poem, The Summer Day
• Seneca, Eckhart and Confucius on the shortness of life
• This can be a beautiful time to reflect on what was, to see what is, to look ahead to what will be
• That we may not know the answer to the question, and that’s ok - the importance is we keep listening in for the call
• The choices we have about how we envision the now we are creating 

And we close with the same tender, compassionate, curious enquiry: how are you answering the call?

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