Inspiring! The seas in which I swim (self-defense, coaching, pastoral care) are inhabited by leviathans of chaos as small as a broken bureaucratic process or an annoying audit, to as terrifying as an existential crisis or a physical assault. And yet your wise insight holds as true for me as it does for you: there are forms and degrees of chaos, some guarding treasure, some with toothy maws. Reef sail when it's rough and ride the swell, but keep your harpoon sharp I say! And remember the words of Jung, “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.” ~Mitch
"Reef sail when it's rough and ride the swell, but keep your harpoon sharp I say!" I love this, such a great metaphor for both sitting with ambiguity AND pushing back against chaos for chaos sake. I'm not sure I'd heard that Jung quote before-- definitely a good one!
Inspiring! The seas in which I swim (self-defense, coaching, pastoral care) are inhabited by leviathans of chaos as small as a broken bureaucratic process or an annoying audit, to as terrifying as an existential crisis or a physical assault. And yet your wise insight holds as true for me as it does for you: there are forms and degrees of chaos, some guarding treasure, some with toothy maws. Reef sail when it's rough and ride the swell, but keep your harpoon sharp I say! And remember the words of Jung, “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.” ~Mitch
"Reef sail when it's rough and ride the swell, but keep your harpoon sharp I say!" I love this, such a great metaphor for both sitting with ambiguity AND pushing back against chaos for chaos sake. I'm not sure I'd heard that Jung quote before-- definitely a good one!