The emotional details of your relationships are of the essence now. Your success engaging with your fellow humans, and your advancement in the world, are intimately dependent on one another. You must make that delicate move from an orientation on the past to emphasis on the present. Rare and unusual aspects describe the narrow path you must walk in order to be responsive and patient with the sleepy condition of the world. You must tread the way between avoidance, to one side, and cynicism, to the other. If you can do this, you will establish a refuge from some of the worst human failings. You'll also facilitate your own process of building something designed to last. It had better be, given how long it's taken you to get where you are, and to have learned what you've learned. You're going beyond the usual description of spiritual in that everything you do must accomplish both loving intent and practical use. It's not enough to 'be a better person' or to "have integrity." You are here to participate, and to innovate. You have been charged with the responsibility of making actual improvements to your wider environment. And no matter how you may feel about it, this includes exerting actual leadership in a time of profound moral crisis. Yet this is nothing less than what you've prepared for all your days.
