[Unedited] Naomi Shihab Nye with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Society, Spirituality, Society & Culture, Sociology, Culture, Science, Religion & Spirituality, Krista Tippett, Social Sciences, On Being, Arts

4.7 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

It’s pretty intriguing to follow poet Naomi Shihab Nye’s idea that most of us actually “think in poems” whether we know it or not. Rarely, as she points out, do you hear anyone say they feel worse after writing things down. That, she says, can be a tool to survive in hard times like these, to anchor our days - and to get into a conversation and community with all of the selves that live on in each of us at any given moment - “your child self, your older self, your confused self, your self-that-makes-a-lot-of-mistakes.” We also hear her read her beloved poem “Kindness” and tell us the story behind it.

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0:00.0	Support for on-being with Christa Tippett comes from the Fetzer Institute, helping build the spiritual foundation for a loving world.
0:07.5	Fetzer's new study, what does spirituality mean to us?
0:11.4	Reveals how spirituality informs our understanding of ourselves and each other, and inspires us to take action for the common good.
0:19.0	Explore these findings and more at spiritualitystudy.org.
0:24.0	I'm Christa Tippett, up next, my unedited conversation with poet and teacher Naomi Shehab-Nai.
0:31.0	There is, as always, a shorter, produced version of this wherever you found this podcast.
0:38.0	Yep, she's right here.
0:41.0	Hi, here I am.
0:43.0	Hello.
0:45.0	Nice to be in touch with you, yes?
0:48.0	Naomi, this is Christa Tippett.
0:50.0	Hi, Christa. How are you?
0:52.0	Hi, I'm good.
0:54.0	I want to hear you say your name the way you say it before.
0:59.0	Okay, sure, yeah.
1:01.0	So many people are in shock that I get to talk to you today.
1:06.0	My friends in different cities who are your fans that you have so many fans everywhere.
1:13.0	I say my name Naomi Shehab-Nai.
1:17.0	Okay, well that's a lovely thing.
1:22.0	Yeah, people just adore you and they all have their favorite programs.
1:26.0	Really, you don't want to get them started talking about you because they'll go on, no, just kidding.
1:30.0	They'll go on for quite a while.
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