Thank you Madeleine, your responses to me posting this along with everyone elses have made me feel really heard and I appreciate that a lot. I agree as well that you do have to find a way to keep planting those seeds with the belief that your contribution to that person's journey is just a drop in an ocean you'll never be able to truly s…
Thank you Madeleine, your responses to me posting this along with everyone elses have made me feel really heard and I appreciate that a lot. I agree as well that you do have to find a way to keep planting those seeds with the belief that your contribution to that person's journey is just a drop in an ocean you'll never be able to truly see the impact of... I think so much of being able to build that outlook for me is trying to be less attached to outcomes and see more of the reward in the process itself, which definitely feels like something that Sarah has talked about before. That idea that regardless of how things turn out, regardless of whether my students ever become more open to the ideas I'm encouraging and regardless of whatever happens in 100 years time with the climate, that we lived our values and connected with those around us and found joy in it. Easier said than done, but a goal well worth aspiring to!
yes - and Kahlia 'a drop in the ocean' can be substituted for 'a light in the dark'... Even while it may not be seen unless it happens right in front of us, that light is powerful.
Thank you Madeleine, your responses to me posting this along with everyone elses have made me feel really heard and I appreciate that a lot. I agree as well that you do have to find a way to keep planting those seeds with the belief that your contribution to that person's journey is just a drop in an ocean you'll never be able to truly see the impact of... I think so much of being able to build that outlook for me is trying to be less attached to outcomes and see more of the reward in the process itself, which definitely feels like something that Sarah has talked about before. That idea that regardless of how things turn out, regardless of whether my students ever become more open to the ideas I'm encouraging and regardless of whatever happens in 100 years time with the climate, that we lived our values and connected with those around us and found joy in it. Easier said than done, but a goal well worth aspiring to!
yes - and Kahlia 'a drop in the ocean' can be substituted for 'a light in the dark'... Even while it may not be seen unless it happens right in front of us, that light is powerful.
So true. It’s really, really hard work. May moments of deep joy be yours.