{"id":1395,"date":"2011-03-06T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T17:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2011-03-11T17:12:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T17:12:57","slug":"where-are-you-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/where-are-you-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are you going?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is important to know where we come from, because if you don’t know where you come from then you don’t know where you are and if you don’t know where you are then you don’t know where you’re going.\u00a0 And if you don’t know where you are going, you’re probably going wrong.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Terry Pratchett, 2010<\/p>\n

So where are you going?\u00a0 Where do you come from?<\/p>\n

There are the easy answers.\u00a0 I come from country so and so, I’m such and such a natioality, I’m such and sucha profession and so on.<\/p>\n

Then there is the more sophisticated reflection. A mix of the thoughts we have about ourselves.\u00a0 What we think and why.<\/p>\n

When someone asks me where do you come from?\u00a0 I used to burble some litany about by multicultural heritage and upbringing – a bit of this and a bit of that, a bit of here and a bit of there.\u00a0 That might still be part of the conversation but my answer now gets to the core:
\n“Where do you come from?”
\n“I come from my mum.”
\nThat allows me to pay respect to my parents and signal that we are all more than just a nationality or profession.\u00a0 Then the conversation can explore the real me and you.
\nIt is a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is important to know where we come from, because if you don’t know where you come from then you don’t know where you are and if you don’t know where you are then you don’t know where you’re going.\u00a0 And if you don’t know where you are going, you’re probably going wrong. Terry Pratchett, …
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