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the centre cannot hold - by Lilian Caylee

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These days, people spend most of their days with blinders on, propelling themselves down the same beaten path, desperate to get somewhere, greedy for something, terrified of what might happen if they stopped and stood still. The “accomplished” and “pedigreed” have been climbing a ladder — any ladder — for so much of their lives that all they can see are the rungs above and below them. Show me a ladder and I’ll show you a man who’ll climb it, just to prove that he can. Maybe he’ll even make it into a competition of who can climb it the fastest, the strongest, the richest.

These days, people spend most of their days with blinders on, propelling themselves down the same beaten path, desperate to get somewhere, greedy for something, terrified of what might happen if they stopped and stood still. The “accomplished” and “pedigreed” have been climbing a ladder — any ladder — for so much of their lives that all they can see are the rungs above and below them. Show me a ladder and I’ll show you a man who’ll climb it, just to prove that he can. Maybe he’ll even make it into a competition of who can climb it the fastest, the strongest, the richest. We’ve lost the…

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