David Whyte is who you would cast to play a poet in a movie. He has a wise sage aura and an amazingly resonant, warm, comforting voice. (Go listen to Rick Rubin’s conversation with him.)

And it was listening to multiple David Whyte interviews that inspired me to begin memorizing poetry. Poems flow out of him—his own and others.

So, for December, I’ll have David Whyte in my head, reminding me that I’m a part of something so much grander than my own little constricted perspective usually allows and that “Everything is waiting for you.”