Author: clfuu

Puffins are long on cute, but short on wings. They may not be the most graceful birds on the planet, but hey, they get where they need to go.

What do you manage to do in spite of a lack of grace or talent?

It’s no small thing to captain a giant bus or truck through city streets, watching for hazards while navigating and staying on schedule. It is not unlike parenting multiple children, managing complex tasks or groups of people at work or engaging with volunteers who have a common goal but different ideas about how to get there. Amidst the chaos and near-misses you can only hope for moments of feeling like the “routemaster,” the one who has it all under control. If only for this moment.

When have you found satisfaction in navigating something complex?

“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere―on water and land.”
―Walt Whitman

What road have you had to travel entirely on your own?

Somewhere, a door already stands open, ready for you to walk inside. This door, it turns out, was never locked at all.

What door would you like to walk through?

What would happen if every time you came up against a wall—however insurmountable the object might be—you regarded it with childlike curiosity? What if the first question were not “how can I get past this,” but rather, “what might I learn about this?”

What have you learned about an obstacle that stands in your way?