'There are only two directions,' writes Quinn Bailey, 'towards and away'. Towards our lives or away from them. Towards life itself, or away from it. But is it always a choice? And when it is a choice, how do we go about even noticing which we are choosing? And what is it to act in harmony with life's longing for us, what with all the complex shaping forces within us and around us that can sometimes be so hard to comprehend, let alone work with?



This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.



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Here's our source for this week:



The Only Two Directions



This world has only two true directions:

Towards and away.

The big fear, in the end, is to awake and find that

You chose away.

That the hand

Which held you down

Was none other

Than your own.

Remember

The pursuit

Of that which is not truly us

Renders even the most

Powerful vision useless

Recognize

When the boulder in front of the cave begins to shift

When that first illuminating shaft

Pierces the dark

Do not hesitate long

Do not waste time

Anticipating the griefs

Yet to come

They cannot be helped and perhaps are necessary

On that long

And awkward walk

Towards yourself



by Quinn Bailey



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