“I knew I was getting somewhere when I began losing interest in the beginnings and the ends of things.”
-Sarah Manguso
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“I knew I was getting somewhere when I began losing interest in the beginnings and the ends of things.” -Sarah Manguso
Knowing the likely end of our story doesn’t mean we should ignore all that came before or dismiss what might occur along the way.
William A. Richards • Beyond the Narrow Life
"Life is not just about peaks and valleys, about wins and losses. Life is about the journey. You hear that all the time. You’ve got to absorb that. You’ve got to know that. The journey has to become the destination because there is no true destination. There is no endpoint. There is no goal. All rivers run to the sea and yet the sea is not full. Li
... See moreThe lengthy distance between where you are and where you wish to be—with all of its difficulties—is there for a reason, and the ups and downs feed each other in valuable ways. In Zen, the Buddha says you cannot travel the path until you have become the path yourself. Only by embracing the middle will you find your way through.