The Conscious Lawyer Magazine: Poetic Justice Series

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The Conscious Lawyer Magazine: Poetic Justice Series

by Jim Dwyer | June 22, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith | 0 comments

Following is a poem I wrote, “The Caged Truth”, was recently featured in an international lawyer’s magazine called “The Conscious Lawyer”.

The magazine is a fresh and visionary publication about law from a conscious perspective. Challenging the status quo about what lawyers do, and can do, and is the trailblazing platform created by the incredibly dedicated and visionary Elaine Quinn in London, England. Here’s a link to the May 2017 edition of her magazine. It’s full of well written articles that are truly inspirational.

You can also find “The Conscious Lawyer” on Facebook as well.

The Caged Truth

It bangs against the cage

Howling loud and long

Doing everything it can

For me to listen

Losing its patience

Waiting to be heard

I do everything I can

To ignore it

All it wants

Is to be set free

So it can live the life I

That it wants for me

I close my eyes

I cover my ears

I’m not living a lie

But not my Truth either

Only I can unlock the cage

For it was built by my two hands

Only I can set it free

What lives Inside of me

Each bar of the cage

Is a part of me

I even use what I love

To lock it away

At the breaking point

I tear down the cage a

Terrified as I touch each bar

Afraid of what will come

But the truth

Caged like an animal

does not turn and attack

All it wants is to be a part of me.

—Jim Dwyer, Attorney

Jim Dwyer

I think of myself as part lawyer, seeker and sharer. We are all so busy taking care of our clients and the many demands of being a lawyer, how do we have time for the practice of law to be about more?

To me, the purpose of being a lawyer is not just about how I help my clients. It’s equally about me living the most successful inner personal life I can. If I can infuse who I uniquely am into my practice and integrate that into becoming a better person then I can raise the bar on my life.

That’s what this blog is for. To help us all navigate our relationships to ourselves, our lives and the law and seeing how they all intersect. I’m always searching for new and innovative perspectives. It’s a continuing process that, day-by-day, through expanding the purposes that work serves, we are able to build both a successful practice of law and life. Hopefully you can find an occasional nugget of truth here that resonates for you.

When we are living our best life, then we’ve raised the bar for the world. I believe hearing how we overcome challenges and self-imposed limitations are how we lift one another. I would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts and ideas as well. Thanks for joining the conversation.

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The Conscious Lawyer Magazine: Poetic Justice Series