One of the wisest writings I've encountered in a long time! Yours, not Rilke's (who I too read in college).
My own two cents is this: Treasure the questions, not the answers..answers are always incomplete..they keep growing as new data accumulates. They are the best we have, but they're out of date almost immediately. There is a "Growing Block" theory of Time, and it applies to all human knowledge as well. Ride the question, like surfing a wave, into the future. Nothing is definitive! You may have a hunch that the answer lies in a general configuration, and your hunch may be correct, but never let that intuition blind you or limit your openness to completely unexpected outcomes. Stay Open! At age thirty, age forty, fifty, sixty, or like me in my eighth decade. 🙂
One of the wisest writings I've encountered in a long time! Yours, not Rilke's (who I too read in college).
My own two cents is this: Treasure the questions, not the answers..answers are always incomplete..they keep growing as new data accumulates. They are the best we have, but they're out of date almost immediately. There is a "Growing Block" theory of Time, and it applies to all human knowledge as well. Ride the question, like surfing a wave, into the future. Nothing is definitive! You may have a hunch that the answer lies in a general configuration, and your hunch may be correct, but never let that intuition blind you or limit your openness to completely unexpected outcomes. Stay Open! At age thirty, age forty, fifty, sixty, or like me in my eighth decade. 🙂
Great advice, Michael!