The Only Two Directions

'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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