Part II: Cosmic Grounding (Chapter Eleven)

A Place for What Exceeds You

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Part II: Cosmic Grounding (Chapter Eleven)

A Place for What Exceeds You

Most of the difficulties we face can be brought back within the boundaries of ourselves.

We can think about them, discuss them, analyze them, prepare for them, make plans around them. Even when life becomes difficult, we often retain the sense that it remains fundamentally manageable.

And then something arrives that exceeds those boundaries.

It is too large for the size of you.