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Blaze Currie's avatar

Regan - I love both your analogies. But the fact that birds have this special navigation tool inside of them all along, they just have to discover it sits really well with me. I also think there is something more here. If a storm or darkness did not blind them from navigation by sight, would they ever use their special built-in navigation sensors? Perhaps something has to occur in us too for us to wake up to a life beyond validation - one that served us well as children and kept us safe and part of the social contract, but fails us as adults. What are those moments that spark in us the wisdom to use our new, special navigation sensors?

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Elle Pugh, RN's avatar

Instincts vs Instructions— this reminds me of what we’re taught in nursing school. Don’t look at the monitors— look at the patient. In this post-modern world, we’ve become too reliant on technology (cough, ChatGPT) and it’s dulling our highly intelligent instincts.

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