Equation

In the new equation,

motivation can no longer

be considered in terms of leverage

(incentives, consequences,

how to get someone to do something)

In the new equation

we may think in terms of lift —

lift of our collective wings,

mid-flight discovery

of our shared volition

where we don’t know

before we swoop

precisely where we’re going,

where the perfection

of the emergent direction

is the product

of the perfection of each of us,

and how we’re made to fly together

And none of us will need to be director —

We’ll all be listeners,

we’ll all be followers

of the wisdom that arises from our love.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 7, 2015