when we no longer know what to do....

The Real Work

by Wendell Berry

It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,

and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.

The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

The impeded stream is the one that sings.

"The Real Work" by Wendell Berry, from Standing by Words. © 1983, Used by permission of Counterpoint. (buy now)

From the Writers Almanac.

This is one of my favorite Wendell Berry poems.  And it's appearance today, as I seek clarity for my future regarding work and direction, seems God-sent.  ;-)