The Springboard by Adrienne Rich
Like divers, we ourselves must make the jump That sets the taut board bounding underfoot Clean as an axe blade driven in a stump; But afterward what makes the body shoot Into its pure and irresistible curve Is of a a force beyond all bodily powers. So action takes velocity with a verve Swifter, more sure than any will of ours.
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Oh, good. You’re still writing! I was getting worried. Blessings on all those things that seem so urgent now and mystifying later. Julian of Norwich had it right: All will be well, and all will be well, and all manner of things will be well.
Or as HST said, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”