“Just because I’m losing
Doesn’t mean I’m lost
Doesn’t mean I will stop
Doesn’t mean I’m across”
– Coldplay, Lost!
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“And I found it rather strange, once the book was published, that folks on occasion would say, “But why did you write this book?” With some even asking, “Was it to find yourself?” As though, before the writing, I had been lost, which of course I was—and remained so after the book was accomplished, and am now, fourteen years later, and confidently expect to be for the remainder of my time. Lost, indeed! Don’t talk to me about finding yourself. Only as you are lost is there any hope for you.”
– Sterling Hayden, Wanderer
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When I first heard the Coldplay lyric, I thought it went, “just because I’m losing, doesn’t mean I’ve lost.” It was a fortifying lyric: whatever is getting me down, I’m still moving forward.
Of course, I’ve felt lost my whole life. It’s that half joking, “I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up” line that reflects that feeling of not quite being settled.
But if I’m still searching at least I am not stuck.
Stuck means stopped, unable (or unwilling to try) to move.
I might not know exactly where I should be, but I keep looking.
We can all avoid the hopelessness of being lost by staying curious.
Curiosity in motion.
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