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A life’s work is not a series of stepping-stones onto which we calmly place our feet, but more like an ocean crossing where there is no path, only a heading, a direction, which, of itself, is in conversation with the elements.
David Whyte • Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity
Unfortunately, embracing the pathless path means accepting that you might not know what you are doing and you might look like a fool. This is exactly how I felt in those first few months. But luckily many people have gone before me. I was guided by people like Morrie and Mitch Albom, and others, like Rebecca Solnit, who showed me that getting lost
... See morePaul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
It reassured me that what is delivered to me or taken from me is the road I am somehow predestined to take. The obstacle must be overcome to get to the fulfillment and goodness waiting for you.
David Leddick • I'm Not for Everyone. Neither Are You.
What we discover is that instead of walking a path to reach a specific final destination, we are walking it to learn how to walk it. The moment we fall into simple harmony with the walking, dissolving ideas about our destination or our identity as a walker, path and goal merge into one. In other words, liberation is complete when we are no longer w
... See moreChristopher D Wallis • Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition
“An endeavor achieved without delay, wrong turnings, occasional blank walls and a vein of self-doubt running through all, leading eventually to some degree of heart-break is a thing of the moment, a mere bagatelle, and often neither use nor ornament. It will be scanned for a moment and put aside. What is worthwhile carries the struggle of the maker
... See moreBelonging is an expression of life.