Nov 16, 2021
“When we fall in love or start out in a career, can we be certain it will work out well? When contractions herald the birth of new life, is a safe delivery, or even the baby’s survival, guaranteed? Life, in its richness and mystery, never offers guarantees of success. We don’t let that stop us. Indeed, our awareness that the outcome is uncertain is what prompts us to prepare; it calls us to attention. Neither complacent optimism nor resigned pessimism has power to motivate us; they don’t generate a hunger for learning or provoke our best response.”
— From Active Hope by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
