"To live with our shadow is to understand how human beings live at a frontier between light and dark; and to approach the central difficulty, that there is no possibility of a lighted perfection in this life; that the attempt to create it is often the attempt to be held unaccountable, to be the exception, to be the one who does not have to be present or participate, and therefore does not have to hurt or get hurt. To cast no shadow on others is to vacate the physical consequences of our appearance in the world. Shadow is a beautiful, inverse, confirmation of our incarnation. Shadow is intimated absence; almost a template of presence. It is a clue to the character of our appearance in the world. It is an intimation of the ultimate vulnerability, the dynamic of being found by others, not only through the physical body but by its passing acts; even its darkening effect on others; shadow makes a presence of absence, it is a clue to ourselves and to those we are with, even to the parts of ourselves not yet experienced, yet already perceived by others. Shadow is not good or bad, only inescapable."
~David Whyte, Poet
"World famous poet and friend David Whyte, who would sit for hours and quote his poems in my ear :-)"
~ Tiara Cameron, International Fitness Model & Creator of Tiara Protein Powder, Hedge Fund Partner, Chair of Board of Directors Footsteps for Africa Foundation. Tiara is a Partner at Vision Capital Partners in Salt Lake City, Utah, with experience in consulting, deal sourcing, raising capital for corporations, business structure, and corporate management. For the past nine years, she has been a “digital influencer”, and is in the top one percent of LinkedIn’s viewed profiles.
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