I Will Not Die an Unlived Life

I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
Of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
To allow my living to open me,
To make me less afraid,
More accessible;
To loosen my heart
Until it becomes a wing,
A torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance,
To live so that which came to me as seed
Goes to the next as blossom,
And that which came to me as blossom,
Goes on as fruit.

-Dawna Markova

“I Will Not Die an Unlived Life is a little book with a big message. It can remind you of who you are and heal your life.”
– Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.author of My Grandfather’s Blessings and Kitchen Table Wisdom.

“In these times of rapid social and technological transformation, nothing is more important than learning the skills of personal renewal. I Will Not Die an Unlived Life is the very best book on the subject. In a thoughtful and poetic form, it teaches us how to navigate our lives from the inside out so that rather than being at the mercy of life’s changes, we are able to offer to the world the gifts that are ours alone to give.”
– M. J. Ryan of Attitudes of Gratitude and The Giving Heart.