“I don’t think so,” she replies. “Not if you can accept the impermanence of it. Sometimes people will write things that they’re worried about and carry with them into the maze, and it’s sort of therapeutic to leave it there—leave it behind. Other times it’s about learning to enjoy the journey in a way that’s more tangible than on some pithy sound bite. Even…” She looks across everything I’ve traced and meets my eyes. “Even though it takes you in circles that don’t lead anywhere in particular. Even if it can’t really go somewhere in the end. Once you accept the impermanence of it, you give
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