your daily rock : explore

March 12, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

“I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.” -Rita Dove

We think of explorers as bold men and women going where no one has gone before. We think of great expeditions, sherpas, grand expanses. We think of big moments, like a huge Chicago musical, in which big things get played out.

And yet, our lives hinge on those smaller, crystallized details poet Rita Dove explores.

Throw a hula hoop on your back lawn, or a circle of string on your bedside table, or a rubber band on your desk and watch inside that space, that tiny space. Explore that small circle.

Be a tiny explorer today. That’s where the living is.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.