One more sequence from Mississippi Solo by Eddy L. Harris.
As Harris is trying to talk himself into canoeing the length of the Mississippi River from Minnesota to New Orleans, he visits an old friend of his, Robert.
Robert, talking about the naysayers in Eddy's life: "You see, everybody thinks his way is the right way . . . Everybody thinks he knows what's best so, when a friend comes by with a different way, especially a risky way, you want to save him. You see?"
What about imagination and vision?
"Without vision and imagination," Robert says softly, "you never look for your own path to glory . . . But it takes vision to see what shoes fit you and what shoes fit the other guy . . . And the thing to remember is: don't take it all so seriously. Failure is horrible, but it's not the worst thing there is."
By the way, where Eddy is now now in the book, he's left St. Louis and is at Lake Itasca -- the birth of the Mississippi, the calm before the rage.
What's your vision and imagination?
Carpe diem Life,
David Kuhn
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