Sarah Kay

But one day, you run your fingers through the sand again, scoop a fistful out, and pat it into a new floor.

You can believe in anything, so why not believe this will last?

The seashell rafter like eyes in the gloaming,

I'm here to tell you the tide will never stop coming in.

I'm here to tell you whatever you build will be ruined.

So make it beautiful.

Well, I think large systemic fires cannot be put out by individuals, but individuals can be responsible for offering what they have to offer.

The poet Eve L. Ewing has this beautiful call to action, which is to always be teaching someone and learning from someone.

And so to ask yourself, what do I know how to do that I could teach someone else how to do?

We often put education in only formal settings, but learning is lifelong and happens outside the classroom all the time.

It happens everywhere.

It happens in your community.

It happens with your neighbors.

It happens with your nieces.

What are the things you know how to do, how to see, how to explain, and how can you teach people what you know?

That's something you uniquely are qualified to do and can offer.

And then always also trying to learn from other people what they can uniquely teach you.

I think that's something that feels actionable and focusable.

Okay.

Well, an easy one is there's two epigraphs at the