Reacting to the jealousy issue. I have to admit that I have been jealous of you, Susan, and the community you have built. I have since learned to let go. What I am writing is placed in what Alfred North Whitehead would call the consequent nature of God, which is the seedbed of every future decision and action. Whether many or few or no people read my writing, it has already changed the future.
This was so inspiring! Thank you.
Reacting to the jealousy issue. I have to admit that I have been jealous of you, Susan, and the community you have built. I have since learned to let go. What I am writing is placed in what Alfred North Whitehead would call the consequent nature of God, which is the seedbed of every future decision and action. Whether many or few or no people read my writing, it has already changed the future.
Life
//
Every drop, every breath
Every aim, every trace
Every grasp, every gap
It all gets collected
Kept, never absent
Enabling the future
From consequent nature
//
And in the end
I lay myself down
Fulfilling my weave
Adding myself
Kept, never absent
Enabling the future
To consequent nature
//
Ralph Rickenbach, © 2026
Thought I could make the live event. Sadly, I can’t. Looking forward to the recording!
So far, I love the conversation. Too bad the chat is only open to paying subscribers at Substack Writer at Work.
About more meaty stuff: sure. Bring it on.
So excited for this, Susan!
Lovely and great, I will be staying up to watch the full interview. Having no work tomorrow, it is weekend.