fear of success cont'd

Christopher Weaver cweaver at cks.ssd.k12.wa.us
Tue Dec 22 17:54:37 PST 1998


"We need to pay attention," writes Birgitt:
...people may NOT choose something
that can take them to success..."


I have watched a child
walking a wide road
arrive in the same pot-hole
again and again.

I used to hold her hand and urge her
urgently around, and on my way.
I used to carry big pieces of plywood
for just such occasions.  Until

one wiser than I pulled me
off the road into the elderberries.
"Shhh.  Watch her.  She's sounding
its depth.  She can tell each layer

by its smell.  That pot-hole
is her genius.  She is going to a place
where someone needs that knowledge,
more than you need water, or sleep."


"Okay," I said.
"But what do I do
with all this plywood?"




Love, Chris Weaver



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