In the new equation,
motivation can no longer
be considered in terms of leverage
(incentives, consequences,
how to get someone to do something)

In the new equation
we may think in terms of lift —
lift of our collective wings,
mid-flight discovery
of our shared volition
where we don’t know
before we swoop
precisely where we’re going,
where the perfection
of the emergent direction
is the product
of the perfection of each of us,
and how we’re made to fly together

And none of us will need to be director —
We’ll all be listeners,
we’ll all be followers
of the wisdom that arises from our love.

©Wendy Mulhern
July 7, 2015