Never Let Go of the Thread
It’s comfortable to sit back than to stand up. But it’s safer the other way around.
Once we’ve made up our mind to fight, what we realize is that there are many fights to fight. Too many for any single person.
But all of us pursuing the same goal is amplifying.
There is a thread you follow.
William Stafford
It goes among things that change.
But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen: people get hurt or die;
And you suffer and get old.
Nothing you can do can stop time’s unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.
It’s incredible how the single thread can bring order to the teeming problems.
