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Jul 7, 2014

"Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself -- and there isn't one." --Wei Wu Wei

David Whyte On Being At The Frontiers Of Your Identity

In this interview Sounds True founder Tami Simon speaks with the poet and author David Whyte. Their conversation explores "how each of our lives unfolds as a great conversation with reality, which is the source of originality. David also shares some of his poetry, and explores how our innate sense of exile is actually a core human competency, how vulnerability enhances our perception, and what it might mean to tap into the invisible support that is always available to us."