“Initium est dimidium faci”…”Once you’ve started, you’re halfway there.”*
James Clear
The act of engaging with others generates a way forward that you didn’t previously have in mind. Just start engaging.**
Adam Kahane
Ifs, buts and maybes–
My mind generates plenty of reasons
to stop me moving with this idea.
Perhaps I ought to
take this to my heart – maybe
share it with the heart of another.
Out of the heart
comes one small thing
to explore, to experiment with.
I
have
begun…
If we were to name the one thing that makes the wild woman what she is, it would be her responsiveness. The word response come from the Latin “to pledge, to promise” – and that’s her strong suit.^
*James Clear’s 3-2-1 newsletter: On how to handle idiots, pushing toward growth, and two choices in life;
**Adam Kahane’s Everyday Habits For Transforming Systems;
^Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ Women Who Run With the Wolves.
THIN|SILENCE 