“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The path less traveled, the book not yet written, the career there is no school for.
Walking your own road, and laying down stones as you go, is not for everyone. But for those who are called, the rewards are immense. Creating the path as you go requires you to get comfortable with, even befriend, ambiguity.
This isn’t easy. But it’s totally possible. And you can do it. It calls for creative resilience.
For the no longer here, not yet there.
For the “How long will it last? When will I feel ready? Should I get this degree? Should I leave my job? Should I make this move? What am I supposed to do with my life?”
We know we could do the right thing if only we knew what it was. So we wait. Til we know. The thing is, most of life isn’t “knowing”, it’s the betwixt and the in-between. Life is what happens while you’re waiting to know. And this not-yet-knowing, this is the fertile state from which every exciting, momentous, and reality-shifting possibility springs.
Knowing is not a state you arrive at, it’s a verb: a becoming. And the deepest questions invite you to sit in uncomfortable uncertainty.
It’s not easy. It’s not always cute. But the ability to look uncertainty in her eye and then get to work: this will set you free. Holding space for yourself to grow, explore, and not know is one of the most powerful gifts you can give yourself. This path has become my happy place. And I invite you to come for a stroll.
I’m glad you’re here. Look around, get curious, and open to the beautiful possibility in the not-yet-knowing.
