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“We won’t be able to understand all our actions all the way, right away. Sometimes we have to do things and we don’t know why until years later. We’re sitting having a beer with an old friend and in the middle of the conversation we get hit with it. So that’s why I had to do that. Action takes faith. That it will make sense later. That the lessons you learned here matter. We are conscious of very little of what we understand. Do you think, “I better not touch the stove” when you know it’s hot? No. You understand it so thoroughly that you don’t require an explanation. Lessons learned through action have this kind of depth. No human can explain his or her life completely. Yet we go to great lengths to do just that. The most liberating response to, “Why did you do that?” Because I had to.”

Kyle Eschenroeder, The Pocket Guide to Action: 116 Meditations On the Art of Doing
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The Pocket Guide to Action: 116 Meditations On the Art of Doing The Pocket Guide to Action: 116 Meditations On the Art of Doing by Kyle Eschenroeder
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