poem with bonus sleuthing

I saw this poem on ye olde facebooke with no author attribution, but some (admittedly not difficult) internet sleuthing turned up Danielle Doby's book 'I Am Her Tribe' which appears to be the source.


Let your heart break daily.
In conversation. Over song lyrics.
During the pause right before the sun rises.
While you’re sipping coffee + looking into
the eyes of someone talking about something they love.
For it’s when we break a little – we come alive.
It’s in this space of healing,
we get to expand.
And it’s here, in our vulnerability and openness,
we step into our greatest selves.
-Danielle Doby