315: We Never Know Who We Are

Underneath many of our common-sense understandings of who we each are, there is a deeper mystery. How did I get to be the person who I am today? How does the stream of life that began long before me, and will continue long after me, shape me?



And is there a way we can come to know ourselves and our mystery more fully in the way we listen to and come to know one another - in friendship, community, or the kind of helping that coaching provides?



Hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.



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We never know who we are



We never know who we are 

(this is strange, isn’t it?) 

or what vows we made 

or who we knew 

or what we hoped for 

or where we were 

when the world’s dreams were seeded.



Until the day just one of us 

sighs a ­gentle longing 

and we all feel the change 

one of us calls a name 

and we all know to be there 

one of us tells a dream 

and we all breathe life into it 

one of us asks “why?” 

and we all know the answer.



It is very strange. 

We never know who we are



Margaret Wheatley



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