We are learning…

The jump-off line is from New Day’s Lyric by Amanda Gorman. 

We are learning the way of it, the way to move, the way to navigate through time. 

We are learning to unravel, to delve into the inner workings, to know what was once unknowable. 

We are learning to dissemble, to bide our time with it. 

We are learning to skate, dive, rollerskate, or not at all. 

We are learning to write, to sing, to draw, to paint, to render a piece of self or whatever onto the other. 

We are learning to laugh, to cry, to be ourselves, to be human. 

We are learning to don masks but also to cast them aside. 

We are learning to endow the opposite, to meet the shadow side. 

We are learning to tap into ourselves, but also to replenish and refill our wells. 

We are learning to buckle up and bite the bullet. 

We are learning to manipulate time or the record of it. 

We are learning to show up for ourselves. 

We are learning to freewrite. 

We are learning to be a small achiever. 

We are learning to persevere. 

We are learning to experiment. 

We are learning to take multiple approaches. 

We are learning to improvise. 

We are learning to not cast our sights too far. 

We are learning to mix work with play. 

We are learning to mix deduction with pleasure. 

We are learning to live.