Perhaps instead of taking a break or hiding out, we can recommit.

on unease and fortitude

A few questions. A mini-workshop.

Prompt:

1. How many times do we have to hear something before we remember it?

2. How many times do we have to hear something before we remember it in the moment?

3. How many times do we have to hear something before it loses meaning?

I have little to say. Instead, I created a meditation on compassion fatigue for artists, teachers, healers, and other humans who give until they are numb or in need of support themselves.

I believe the people we need most right now are tired. Let’s take a few weeks to recharge and remember the meaning behind the words.

Again, perhaps instead of taking a break or hiding out, we can recommit.

But first we have to process.

Photo by Anand Thakur

“Until one is committed, there is always hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising to one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no one could have dreamed would come her way. Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”

—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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