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There is no control tower above life, because we are already in the river 🌊

A chubby boucle wool penguin floating happily in a small clear stream on a bright teal and gold background
Know Everything

Sometimes we think, "I want to know everything before I move."

Control Tower

That is a dream of controlling life from a control tower above it.

⚡ TRY IT
Climb the control tower
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🍙 📖 ☕ 🌅 🐧
🍙 Lunch📖 A good book☕ Coffee with a friend🌅 A sunset
From the top, you can see and control everything… maybe?
🪜 Up! But the step below is gone…
💦 Splash! There was no tower. You were in the river all along.
🌊 Good! One good thing at a time.
🌊 No tower. But it was a nice swim.
No Tower

But there is no such tower.

We are in the river from the start, and we can only swim.

Part Of It

You cannot know everything, not because you are lazy, but because you are a part of that "everything."

📚 I learned this from Oliver Burkeman's newsletter. Read the original (English)
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