One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once, life would collapse. There are simply no definitive answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
Barry LopezRemember on this one thing, said Badger. The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other's memories. This is how people care for themselves.
Barry LopezIn behaving respectfully toward all that the land contains, it is possible to imagine a stifling ignorance falling away from us.
Barry LopezThe wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you
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