"Seeing our lives as quests opens the way to our also seeing them in terms of process and possibilities, in terms 'a route, an experience which gradually clarifies itself, which gradually rectifies itself and proceed by dialogue with itself and with others'" (Green, 2000, p. 75).
"To take one road, surely, is to embark upon a quest - and, perhaps, to choose the one that seems to us 'less traveled by' may (or may not) make all the difference. There is nothing objectively certain about either road. All we can say is that from the vantage point of a situated consciousness, perspectives are opening, vistas are appearing shapes - yes, and shadows too - are making themselves visible. This is the kind of moment I hope we can keep alive even though (as Frost reminds us) there is no 'going back'" (Greene, 2000, p. 75-76).
This word quest seems to follow me around wherever I go. I remember being fascinated by it when I was younger. I was always on a "quest" for something. I came to King, and we entered into a "Quest for Significance". Now, as I sit on my hotel bed, I am visited by "Quest" once more. Thus, I am taught, or reminded rather, that quests don't come and go. Currently, I'm questing. Are you?
Greene, M. (2000). Releasing the imagination: Essays on education, the arts, and social change. San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass.
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