Poem: The Appointment

A beautiful and inspiring poem on trusting your intuition, to lead you to the appointments you were born to keep. By listening deeply to what is there, you are saying "yes" to your life. Poem written by Mark Nepo and read by Jeremy Lim.

Transcript

What if on the first sunny day on your way to work,

A colorful bird sweeps in front of you down a street you have never heard of?

You might pause and smile,

A sweet beginning to your day.

Or you might step into that street and realize there are many ways to work.

You might sense the bird knows something you don't,

And wander after.

You might hesitate when the bird turns down an alley.

For now,

There is attention.

Is what the bird knows worth being late?

You might go another block or two,

Thinking you can have it both ways.

But soon you arrive at the edge of all your plans.

The bird circles back for you and you must decide which appointment you were born to keep.

Reviews

This reminds me of a time I had to take a detour on my way to drop my kids at school. That detour caused me to see a building for sale that I had passed many times before but hadn’t noticed. Even though I had never bought commmercial property before and didn’t even know if I could afford it, I was guided to buy it for my tutoring program. We enjoyed running my business from that beautiful location for two years before I sold it and moved on to my next assignment. Wow! What an adventure my life has been. Thank you for this reminder.

Love this poem and the beautiful visions it creates.
Thank you 🙏

It calmed me down. It was very beautiful and it has multiple meanings.

A beautiful poem, it gives food for thought. Thank you ☺️

Just stunningly beautiful - I so appreciated being taken into this poem with this teacher’s voice and the perfectly chosen music. Thank you 🦢

Wow! It hits hard at home! The choice you make will either transform you forever or you are just kicking the can down the road - still better than - Or get stuck in your routine life and never realize what you may have missed.

Love this meditation. I struggle with sitting quietly & this short meditation helps ground me! Thank you SO very much!

So beautiful this Palm Sunday morning. Thank you 🙏🏼

Beautiful! Thought provoking and soul opening. Thank you

Your problem is that bird. Thank you for this moment. I’m sorry for the people who don’t appreciate poetry. I’m grateful for the gift of your palm in my life today.

Mark Nepo writings rock my soul! This share of his writings fills me with awe and inspiring wonder! enJOY! www.gratefulness.org, ahimsa

This was incredible and Soooo on point/time with what I was dreaming w/today and where I am in life …. Deciding which “appointment” / (assignment) I was anointed to keep. Thanks much 🙏🏾

Inspiring. Thank you for introducing me to this poem.

Sweet poem to remind us that we must follow our intuitions. Thank you. Namaste 🙏

What a lovely moment for imagination and reminder to mindfully be on the lookout for perspective shifts & priority alignment!

Short but so very sweet and thought provoking 😍🙏🏽

Lovely way to start my day.
Thought provoking.
Thank you.

Feeling glad to breathe in that sense of possibility and wonder. Thank you

Thank you for reminding me to watch for the bird!🙏✨💖😌🤗

Awesome…inspiring and centering poem. Thanks 🙏🏼