Look within. The secret is within you.*
Dajian Huineng

The best stories and novels lead the reader not to an explanation, but to a place of wonder.**
Peter Turchi

How important it is to see this person for who they are,
Beyond labels or explanations;
How critical for this person to see themselves
beyond the stories they’ve been self-telling.

I may be talking about you,
I am definitely talking about me;
I think I want to be proven wrong
when it comes to my story:
I’ve been doing it wrong all along.
This is one of the great benefits of learning.
It’s also a common challenge. …
If you need to be proven right,
learning is a challenge.
If you’re eager to be proven wrong,
Learning is delightful.^

Even when our story cum explanation of life so far
contains pain – even here, there is hope;
See this from Susan Cain:
Have you realised that you’re part of a
long and storied tradition that can help you
transform yor pain into
beauty,
your longing into
belonging? …
And have you asked what is the ache
you can’t get rid of –
and could you make it
your creative offering?^^

And this from Donald Miller:
Pain, then, is often the teacher that
transforms the hero into a guide.
That is, if their attitude toward pain
is accepting and redemptive.*^

There is more to everyone than meets the eye,
Including you and me:
Life is to find
the secret within.

*Joseph Campbell’s Myths To Live By;
**Peter Turchi’s A Muse and A Maze;
^Seth Godin’s blog: I’ve been doing it wrong all along;
^^Susan Cain’s Bittersweet;
*^Donal Miller’s Hero On a Mission.