The answer is "yes"

Sometimes the way we move forward is to realize that we don't need to lift every log, move every obstacle, climb every mountain. We just need to start with "yes" and take that first step in a direction and then we can figure out what is next.

Vespers of a burning world

You need not be a saint,

stripped bare of all desire,

or a savior,

dragging the drowning

out of their pain

by the regret-stained collar

of their discontent.

You need not leaven

the world’s heavy toll of hope

by propping the sky up

with your sunburnt hands

or fence yourself off

in the flowerless meadow

of detachment.

All you need to do

is look in the mirror of morning

and say “Yes.”

~ Maria Popova