Path
By Jack Butcher
"If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's." – Joseph Campbell
Much of what we consider progress is measured against stories that have already been written.
The irony in benchmarking ourselves against things we already know have been accomplished: we reduce the likelihood of writing a story of our own.
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