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Kathy---in the institute sessions I wallow---even luxuriate---in the unknown and imagining what is possible. it isn't that I don't have constraints at my school, or even that I think that I can change the world this year--for me, it is about using the institute as a way of imagining all of the possibilities --- the time will come for me when I will return to my school and have to take my imaginings and trim them to fit the situation.

When I return to my school, I will return to my self-selected community--and there are answers there. Some of those answers/philosophies resonate with me and I hope to nurture them and pass them into the next generation. Some of those answers/philosophies are questionable to me---and one way I test my truth is by participating in summer work with people who can offer unique experiences that I can ask questions about, and test my own story against.

I want to thank you for offering perspectives that have enabled me to test my story---over and over again. I would love for us to continue the dialogue and hope to "run into you" often on the Serendip page.