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I recently finished Martha Beck’s inspiring book, Steering by Starlight, where I was introduced to the work of Nigerian poet and novelist, Ben Okri.
Ben’s words touched me deeply so I wanted to share some of them with you. Here is my heartfelt wish, in words borrowed from Ben’s poem To an English Friend in Africa:
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Live while you are alive.
Learn to be what you are in the seed of your spirit.
Learn to free yourself from all the things that have molded you
And which limit your secret and undiscovered road.
Do not try to wrestle with the universe,
But be sometimes like water or air,
Sometimes like fire, and constant like the earth.
Never forget that love
Requires always that you be
The greatest person you are capable of being,
Self-regenerating and strong and gentle –
Your own hero and star.
Be grateful for life as you live it.
And may a wonderful light
Always guide you on the unfolding road.
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