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Dec 7, 2022
"Substitute attention for preparation. Then you'll be working in real time. Focusing attention in the present puts you in touch with a kind of natural wisdom." --Patricia Ryan Madson
Fishing Before You Know How to Fish
"Through the pines and the one maple I hear her.
I shouldn't have gone fishing if I didn't know how to fish.
I shouldn't have gone fishing if I didn't know how to fish."
Author and activist Courtney Martin shares more in this lovely poem on life, love and our human unpreparedness.
BE THE CHANGE
For more inspiration, check out this short passage from Patricia Ryan Madson's book, "Improv Wisdom," on knowing when to improvise. More ...