You Do Not Have To Be Good

Circle of Three

Jun 25 2023 • 26 mins

Circle of Three, Season 2 invites you into a conversation between Katharine Cherewyk, Bonnie Loewen and Mary Oliver’s poem Wild Geese.  One episode at a time, this iconic poem slowly unfurls while igniting reflective conversation about our human journey. We shed armour that keeps us from our true self; we claim habits that embolden and protect the soft animal of our body; we   live wildly, honestly and authentically, understanding our place “in the family of things”.

In this 1st episode of season 2, we listen to Mary Oliver’s poem, Wild Geese. Oliver’s first lines: “You do not have to be good...you only have to let the soft animal of the body love what it loves” ignites this conversation. We wonder how external voices define “good” and how personal and collective habits get us back to the wild within.

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