“It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey.”
—Wendell Berry
Steve Schlafmanx.com“It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey.” —Wendell Berry
Rebecca Solnit supplies the words I didn’t have at the time: That thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you is usually what you need to find, and finding it is a matter of getting lost.
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
Sometimes the route to our purpose is a chaotic experience, and how we respond matters more than what happens to us.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
When we do this, we’re beginning to scratch the surface of the essence of life. Mary Oliver, in her poem “The Summer Day,” asks “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”19 It’s a rich question, full of simplicity and complexity. Those that read it fall into two camps. The first camp is inspired. Oliver assumes that
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Wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking.”