I Would Like ...

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Me gustaría...
—Por Lariv Athem

¿Qué me gustaría?


Me gustaría vivir una vida de sabiduría y compasión, como el girasol, volviéndome hacia aquello que la nutre profundamente.



Me gustaría estar al borde de mi conocimiento y devenir, presente con alegría y asombro ante la belleza del surgimiento de la vida.


Me gustaría vivir sin miedo por mí mism@ ni por mis seres queridos, haciéndolo extensible a todos los seres, y sin causar miedo a ningún ser vivo.



Me gustaría vivir con una ternura radical y la confianza de que todo es factible.



Me gustaría relacionarme con los demás sintonizando con sus mayores dones, y con los míos, y sintonizando con lo que desea emerger.


Me gustaría abordar mi trabajo con un sentido de privilegio y posibilidad.



Me gustaría ser un centro de interconexión, dejando que fluyan las cosas, sin necesidad de aferrarme a nada.



Me gustaría acoger y jugar con lo que surge en el momento, en cualquier situación.



Me gustaría vivir y amar como una invitación a lo infinito.



¿Qué te gustaría a ti?





Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te gustaría vivir y relacionarte con tu trabajo? ¿Puedes compartir una experiencia personal sobre cómo te relacionas con los demás, reconociendo tus mayores dones y los de ellos? ¿Qué te ayuda a relacionarte con tu trabajo con una sensación de privilegio y posibilidades?
Seed Questions for Reflection

How would you like to live and engage with your work? Can you share a personal story of engaging with others with an attunement to your and their greatest gifts? What helps you engage in your work with a sense of privilege and possibility?

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6 Past Reflections
B
May 19, 2026
I wish for my life to be of service and to be compassionate and loving. I have a lovely neighbor who recently lost her husband. We moved here not long ago so we are only getting know each other. I was chatting with her yesterday about my life and we have much in common. She is deeply grieving her husband and is so very lonely. She brightens when we speak together and even has a chuckle now and then. I hope to be a light on her path to finding herself and happiness again. I feel somewhat that it is my ego wanting to be helpful so I must be careful. I truly want to ease this woman's pain, though.
GU
May 18, 2026
Obviously a radically transformed person will live like this spontaneously. But what about me ? Can I take Lariv Athem's lovely lines as an Anthem ? Fake it till I make it !?
I would like to live and engage with my work bringing all of me sincerely, openly, caringly, honestly, respectfully. I achieve some degree of that sometimes. When younger I was so enthused by my belief in my work and my thinking I knew the truth and the way that I was often poor at listening to others and attuning to them and their gifts, which was a disconnect. I worked in the mental health field. Slowly but surely over time, stubborn as I am, my attuning to and valuing others and their ways and gifts increased, and our connection increased. As our connection grew, our learning and growth increased. What helps me is the nourishment I have felt in my work. I feel a gratitude and a sense of good fortune and privilege that I got into this work which resonated with me and may have saved me. The growth I gained helps me engage knowing the possibilities for me and for others.
JP
May 17, 2026
I like this poetical writing written by Lariv Athem. This writing begins with a question "What would you like" and ends with the same quetion "What would you like?" According to my understanding, we keep our mind and heart open to receive wonders of the world. I was born by the union of two loving and caring parents. Unconditional love creates union between two people regardless of apparent and outward differences. When we engage with others with a loving heart life flows like a river. Outward differences do not create walls beween two people. Walls are created by this way of thinking and living. Instead of divisiveness, true love creates and sustains union between people. We need to generate, cultivate and sustain such union between people of different caste, color, creed, ideas and status. Following this path is essental in the world we live in. Sadly the world we live in is highly divided by political, social, ideolgical, and economic, caste and clolor differences. When I was... View full comment
AM
May 17, 2026
As I sit with this question, I notice I would like to live more like the woods and waters I love — grounded, aware, and quietly alive.

I would like to meet life with curiosity more than certainty.

To trust emergence.

To love with courage.

To help create conditions where people feel more themselves, more connected, and more able to offer their gifts.

In my work, I am learning that wisdom is often relational — something we grow together through listening, attention, and care.

And perhaps most of all, I would like to remember, again and again, that what is needed is often already here, quietly waiting for our willingness to notice.