but the journey can’t be rushed. That is the only way to ensure you arrive not merely at clever answers but “answers of the heart.” The other kind, answers of the head, are not only less satisfying but, in the deepest sense, less true. Arriving at answers of the heart demands not only patience but a willingness to sit with your ignorance. Staying with the doubt, the mystery, rather than rushing to solve the problem, to check off another item on your endless to-do list. This takes time, and courage. Others will mock you. Let them, says Jacob Needleman, and Socrates, too. Ridicule is the price
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