On Reflection

The Simple Truth About the Stories We Tell

And how it is in us to take charge of our future

Nadine Bjursten
Published in
5 min readApr 29, 2024

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Photo by Rosie Sun on Unsplash

Of all the quotes about hope and despair out there, Maira Kalman’s captures my current mood: “We hope. We despair. We hope. We despair. That is what governs us. We have a bipolar system.”

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