I attended a talk by Amira Hass a couple of years ago where someone asked her if the protests we saw in Israel that summer would bring about social change. In her answer, she said that social change is not like a final exam. It's not a one time event that we prepare for, execute and then forget about afterwards.
That's true for a lot of things.
Maybe the problem is that we're in school for so long that we forget this.
Life isn't a series of semesters where you take a course, write the exam, pass and get the certificate.
It's about showing up every day and doing what it takes to make things work and make things better. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year...
It's how relationships work. How businesses work. How society and social change work. It's how life works.
It isn't a final exam.
That's true for a lot of things.
Maybe the problem is that we're in school for so long that we forget this.
Life isn't a series of semesters where you take a course, write the exam, pass and get the certificate.
It's about showing up every day and doing what it takes to make things work and make things better. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year...
It's how relationships work. How businesses work. How society and social change work. It's how life works.
It isn't a final exam.
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