"To find work, no matter the path we have chosen, means coming out of hiding. Good work means visibility."
Chapter 6- The Awkward Way the Swan Walks: From Exhaustian to Wholeheartedness
"The antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest."
"The antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness."
"You are so tired through and through because a good half of what you do here in this organization has nothing to do with your true powers, or the place you have reached in your life. You are only half here, and half here will kill you after awhile. You need something to which you can give your full powers."
"You are like Rilke's Swan in his awkward waddling across the ground; the swan doesn't cure his awkwardness by beating himself on the back, by moving faster, or by trying to organize himself better. He does it by moving toward the elemental water that gives him grace and presence."
"Let go of all this effort and let yourself down, however awkwardly, into the waters of the work you want for yourself."
"Your exhaustion is a form of inner fermentation. You are beginning, ever so slowly to rot on the vine."
