The Rock And The Hard Place

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“At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” 🔥

Albert Schweitzer

“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.

The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

The impeded stream is the one that sings.”

- Wendell Berry

“Honesty is reached through the doorway of grief and loss.” — David Whyte

I worked very hard to establish a beautiful life over several decades and I succeeded, but my lack of practical planning dismantled it in a trice. I am still surprised at how disoriented and disempowered I became as a result. Grief, longing for what we had, resentment at the betrayal of a trusted sibling, confusion as to any recourse or solution, uncertainty as to my next step — all seized me and demanded to be worked through.

I have practice in pivoting in case fate throws a curveball, but this one stumped me for five years. Suddenly, writing presented itself in the form of an imagined book, where I began to tell the adventure of building…