Wednesday, May 19, 2010

In the depth of winter








© Hector Lee, 2010


In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer.

--Albert Camus.

As I struggle professionally to find my teaching niche, to feel that my work is generative, and ponder changes, this quote spoke to me. I want to struggle and gnaw with this problem. I want my strength to come from failure and flailing. I want to be courageous in facing my challenges even as my body recoils and my heart falters and my mind darkens with helplessness. I wish to leave my suffering but not at the expense of fleeing it.


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