wisdom is an embodied capacity to hold power and…

wisdom is an embodied capacity to hold power and tenderness in a surprising, creative interplay. This way of being is palpable, and refreshing, and in its way jarring, hard to figure out. Among other things are transmutes my sense of what power feels like and is therefore. This is the closest I can come to describing the sense that I have of wisdom incarnate and it is an expression of physical presence as much as consciousness and spirit .

— from The Flight Plan (Purpose/Wisdom/Risk) · An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living by Krista Tippett

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