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Nelian Kar's avatar

What a beautiful piece. It reminds me of the Fool card in the tarot: on the edge, ready to take a leap of faith, but seen as a fool by the world.

It also reminds me of a quote from Glennon Doyle’s memoir Untamed:

"ME: Listen. Every time you’re given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else. Your job, throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself."

When you take the reins of your life, when you follow your own truth, it is inevitable that the world will see you as mad. And be disappointed.

I think it’s the evidence we need to know we are on the right track.

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Susan Grandfield's avatar

How to live in this world when there is a deep sense of knowing that it's all an illusion and that there is a more meaningful way to experience this existence is something that I've been exploring/battling/experimenting with. Your essay is reassuring, Jon, thank you!

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