Dear Aaltoe,
You noted the relatively optimistic tone of Pablo’s reply. But it was more than that. He called on you to see that, despite changed external conditions that restrict us in many ways, our inner resources that we can draw upon, if only we would notice them, had expanded. One might argue that there is a reciprocity between the two but pessimism blinds us from seeing our potential inner resources and dampens our initiative to define ways to exploit and develop them in order to address the changed world. Indeed, Aaltoe, it is a creative path to follow: to notice these inner resources, with them to form new and powerful ways of addressing the changes, and to move beyond coping to divining new skills, outlooks and ways of being. Perhaps you’ve noticed, Aaltoe, that I seem to be suggesting things that are at the limit of your vision: openings to the future, some paths to follow, some extraordinary views that will progressively be revealed. Not to tease you, but it will take effort at re-seeing yourself and an integration of that self with a being-in-the-world. Well enough for now, you have a lot to do before what I tell you next will make much sense.
Your only,
Hoot
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