Sometimes like takes us a wild bull ride, and it’s all we can do to hang on through the jolting changes. But face it, sometimes we go looking for a bit of a crisis where there doesn’t actually have to be one, even if it’s only arguing with foolish people on the internet.
What gets you riled up?
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
–Umberto Eco
What scrap of wisdom have you gleaned from your father or a father figure?
The original Pledge of Allegiance, written by Francis Bellamy in 1892, read “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
What do you pledge your allegiance to?
Ducklings stay safe because although they are ready to be up and moving within moments of hatching, they are born with the instinct to follow mom, trailing neatly behind as she travels. Being a leader is great, but sometimes the wisest course is to follow someone who knows where they are going.
Who do you trust to lead you in the right direction?
All through that long ticking up toward the top of the ride you know it is coming—the rush and the swoop that is your reward for laboring up the hill. The vacation after months of hard work. The publication of the words you’ve struggled over. The performance of what you’ve been rehearsing for hours on end.
How has your labor allowed you to enjoy the downhill slope?
