We each fit what we observe and experience into the framework that currently holds it together for us, until we're ready to have that framework shaken to the ground and the next one take its place. What I hope for myself is that the next one is larger, more expansive, more inclusive than the current one. That seems to be the pattern.

Every time, some of what I've believed and how I've processed in the past falls away, but the majority of it is absorbed, finds a new place and settles into relationship with what is new.

I'm always eager–and nervous–to know what that next framework will be…and the one just beyond that…

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