On the long arc of becoming...
Sue Heatherington @ The Waterside

On the long arc of becoming...

Starting the week…

THE LONG ARC

Becoming.

Leaning forward

into what is to come.

This isn’t a re-hash

of the past.

It’s a lifetime

in the making.

+ Sue Heatherington

In 2006, students from Xavier High School in New York City were asked to write to their favourite author. This is the reply from Kurt Vonnegut, the only one to respond, read by Sir Ian McKellen: Live Letters.

Pause. See differently. Re-story…

~ thanks to John Kuzava for sharing this astonishing letter on LinkedIn last week.

Yvonne Moore

Writing a book for parents in Feb 2025 | Artist | Humanitarian Advocate | Speaker | Poet | Human, Humaning | Midlife Minx | Fuelled by love AND rage ?? | Free Palestine ??

7 个月

It’s not a re-hash. Feeling that one Sue. Thank you ??

Maria Cervone

Mentor of young leaders | information professional |software design/business analysis leader

7 个月

The long arc for sure Sue, and the best part is we never stop becoming. ?? Such a lovely poem.

Sam Mayors

Joint Managing Director at Compuzone UK Ltd

7 个月

It's very much in the becoming, isn't it

becoming, leaning and making. Those three are related, for sure. I can also relate to this, Sue.

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