What is Coaching?

I am often asked “What is coaching?” This morning, as I picked up a book that was highly recommended by friend and coach Robin Sampson of First Circle Leaders http://firstcircleleaders.webs.com, I came upon a poem by Hafiz, a 14th century Persian mystic and poet.  While the poem certainly is not speaking of coaching but a possible relationship with the divine, there is much here that a sensitive and committed coach supports a client to do for themselves in their own time, with total loving kindness.  Enjoy…

 

Tired of Speaking Sweetly

Love wants to reach out and manhandle us,

Break all our teacup talk of G-d.

 

If you had the courage and

Could give the Beloved His choice, some nights,

He would just drag you around the room

By your hair,

Ripping from your grip all those toys in the world

That bring you no joy.

 

Love sometimes gets tired of speaking sweetly

And wants to rip to shreds

All your erroneous notions of truth.

 

That make you fight with yourself, dear one,

And with others,

 

Causing the world to weep

On too many fine days.
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God wants to manhandle us,

Lock us inside a time room with Himself

And practice his dropkick.

 

The Beloved sometimes wants

To do us a great favor:

 

Hold up upside down

And shake all the nonsense out.

 

But when we hear

He is in such a “playful drunken mood”

 

Most everyone I know

Quickly packs their bags and hightails it

Out of town.

When will you be staying in town?