Poetic Ponderings brought to you by Coach Minx

To whom do you tell your most precious stories?  And whose stories have you allowed to touch your heart?  The sharing of our stories serves many purposes.  As we tell our story, a certain awareness ripples to the surface of our consciousness.  We notice what we edit and what we include.  We notice what we are willing to share and what we wish to keep hidden from others and/or  from ourselves.  How often have you, through your chosen revelations, joined hearts with another as your common humanity came shining through?

could there be anything
more precious than the gift
of a story
one that still lives in the heart
of the teller
no matter how it is shaped
and reshaped
through the shifting lens
of time and space
the experience still
rings truer than true

your words float
into the air
one by one
as you thoughtfully shape
and gather them
into a gift
and offer me first one
harmonious chord of
your journeysong
and then another

I sit here
hundreds of miles away
almost holding my breath
lest I disturb
even a single word
before it has found
its rightful place
and landed safely
in my heart

and so it is
that I come to know
those who have birthed you
loved you
taught and inspired you
and so it is
that I too experience
your journey
as we relive
your story together

the clock ticks on
and I too offer you
some notes
of my storysong
as I attempt to form
into words my very private
visions of how angels
interweave the threads
of our lives and how
a body becomes
ever more real
in its transparency
as it merges with All
there is or will ever be

turn by turn
we search and sift
through dusty memories
and shiny moments
when we each glimpsed
life’s secret treasures
and were transformed
by such generosity
of spirit exposing
her truest truths

and in the afterglow
of these illuminating
intimacies I sit here
awe-struck
by an expanded
awareness of not only
your life but of Life itself
as your story becomes
a part of me
as it weaves its way
into my knowingness

and all I can say is
thank you
for the great gift
of your truer than true
Self

from the heart, mind, and pen of Minx
©2010  Minx Boren.  All rights reserved.
author of Feeling My Way – 99 Poetic Journeys

As a coach, I am always reflecting, pondering, and asking questions about what gives Life to life.  As a poet, I am always allowing my thoughts and feelings to find their way onto the page.  And, as a long time journal-keeper who now teaches classes on journaling as a way to discover oneself on the page, I invite you, dear reader, to allow the words of this poem to find their way into your heartmind and to notice what emerges for you in the process.  Here are some suggested Journal Jumpstarts and Conversation INvitations that can serve as possibilities to move you into your own deep inquiry.

Journal Jumpstarts and Conversation INvitations:

• When has the substance and sacredness of a story allowed you to see a deeper reality beyond the everyday way you view life?
• There is a way to listen to others with our hearts as well as our ears. How and when have you learned to do that?
• What is a favorite personal storysong you like to share and why?  What exactly do you consider to be the gift of that story?
• In recent time, whom have you entrusted with a story about your truer than true self and what did you notice about how it was received?

I would LOVE to hear from you about your own inklings, experiences, and AHAS! as you journey through this process.  Please feel free to contact me at minx@coachminx.com.  Just put Moxy Woman Poetic Ponderings in the subject line. 

Got a question? Got a challenge?   E-mail Minx  at minx@coachminx.com  to schedule a 20 minute complementary coach call and experience for yourself what coaching can do for you. Just be sure to put Moxy Woman in the subject line with times you will be available in the body of the text.  

All great wishes,

Coach Minx

 About Minx Boren MCC: Minx is a personal, business, healthwise and authentic happiness coach.

As the founder of CoachMinx, co-founder with Marsha Lehman of AuthenticWoman, and a founding coach of EmpowerParties, Minx designs, develops, and facilitates innovative processes and programs that support health and balance, reflection and achievement. This work is produced for individuals, for women's groups, for spas and wellness centers, for conventions, and for women and men in a business setting.  These programs are offered in person, by phone and as webinars.

"The theme that weaves its way through all my work is Authentic Happiness. I believe and research proves that happiness is our most resilient, creative, and productive state AND it is a choice we get to make again and again. I have trained in such cutting edge technologies as Authentic Happiness Coaching with Dr. Martin Seligman and Ben Dean, David Cooperider’s work on Appreciative Inquiry and Daniel Goleman’s on Emotional Intelligence"