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Since 1998 I've been sending out these reflections first thing each
week--one or more quotes plus my thoughts about the intersections and
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Quote #1240 - #OwnPath
01 Jun, 2026
OWN PATH
"The road snakes south, then north, ultimately taking us east, and I wonder if life is like that ... go one way, then another, to end up ... someplace else."
Ellen Hopkins
PERFECT
"It's just a way to go. There isn't only one way to go. You're trying to find a road where there isn't one. It's like ... gleaning in the woods. You have to pick your way through the thickets and the trees, and it's different every time."
Naomi Novik
UPROOTED
"You don't have to know where you're going to get exactly where you need to go."
Marilyn A. Hepburn
My child, my soul,
I know you've learned from me
to forge your own path through
the brambles and thickets,
to make your own way
through these woods,
ignoring most advice,
the tried and tested ways and means,
the tools offered to you,
and I get it, I do.
But no one gets anywhere without
a family, a village,
fellow travelers,
whether reciprocated or not,
willing or not,
appreciated or not,
and so I say:
Do not just forge your own path,
you must also
own the path
you take,
own the choices, the costs,
the consequences to you and others,
the trade-offs you make each step
of the way.
It is your own journey.
Each step is yours.
Own the path.
Shellen Lubin
June 1, 2026
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