
We must face the fact that we have a responsibility to own what’s possible. Opportunity abounds. And that’s both a scary and a comforting thought.*
(Bernadette Jiwa)
“To learn” therefore means at root – at route – “to follow a track.”**
(Robert Macfarlane)
Remain curious in following the path
that may become hidden to you;
beyond is where the possibilities lie.
Aim not to say,
you have no time for this,
for in that moment, the emerging may be lost.
(*From Bernadette Jiwa’s The Story of Telling blog: The Bounds of Possibility.)
(**From Robert Macfarlane’s The Old Ways: from the proto-Germanic liznojan.)
Brilliant quote!
I really value Bernadette Jiwa’s way of seeing.