Language Barrier

Bridging the gap between what must be done and what is known
requires a leap of faith.
Belief in the Oracles while trusting that oracles have an impractical point of view.
Their worlds are vague and myopic.
They see what they see but they don’t always know how to talk about it.

They live life outside events so they can observe them.
Those that move through the world feel differently about it than that.
Oracles speak to us in a language that makes perfect sense to them,
but is unanchored in a doer’s experience.
Miscommunication is inevitable.

Oracles speak the truth, but it is their truth alone.
Wisdom and action lie in the overlap of their world and ours.
This calculation is not for everyone.
The prophesy may not be for you.

And what a lonely life to be the observer of ages.
Knower of patterns
Suggester of paths
Clear vision requires distance, patience.
Oracles can never be in the thick of things.

Life must pass them by.

Point of view held apart by its very nature.
Solitude a necessity of the role.

Remember that when you make the arduous climb to their outpost
when you think about scoffing at an offering at their feet
when you complain that the prophesy makes no sense
when you remind them,
often to their face,
that the visit there was a waste of time

They hold themselves apart so they can see what you cannot.
A thankless job
A lonely task
A sacred trust and vocation

It is their job to observe and speak their truth.
Making sense of your own perspective,
That’s your own job.