What Lies Beyond
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Summary
The old tribes of our ancestors who stood upon those steps could not possibly imagine the worlds their descendants would build. They would not see the halls, the longships, the sagas, the cathedrals, the ancient temples. Yet all of this began with a question asked beneath an open sky. What lies beyond that horizon?
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They stood upon the great grass seas of the Caspian Steppe, and watched the sun bleed gold and crimson into the western horizon.
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The wind moved through horsehair, through tall grass, through fire smoke, and the breath of cattle.
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And somewhere in the hearts of our folk arose a question that would shape the fate of half of the world.
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That question carried our ancestors through dark forests, frozen seas, into strange kingdoms and unknown lands.
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It was not mere greed that drove them, nor war, nor hunger alone.
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It was something deeper, a holy restlessness, a refusal to remain small.
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Our folk have always been a people of becoming.
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The farmer looks at the untamed earth and asks himself what harvest could rise from it.
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The smith looks at the cold iron and asks what weapon or tool or what work of beauty sleeps within it.
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The poet looks at silence and asks what story can be sung into memory.
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The explorer looked westward into the dying light and asked himself what lies beyond.
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Odin does not remain comfortable upon his throne.
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Life moves, life reaches, it expands, and so must we.
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Their world stretches no farther than a glowing screen,
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A weekly paycheck, the next distraction, the next indulgence
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They no longer seek mastery, wisdom, strength, or meaning
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Their world grows smaller, while their comforts grow larger
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A great man would ask, what lies beyond my weakness?
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A great woman should ask, what lies beyond my fear?
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Great families ask what lies beyond mere survival.
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And a folk, they should ask what lies beyond our comfort.
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Because horizons are rarely ever just merely a place.
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The old tribes of our folk who stood upon those steps could not possibly imagine
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They would not see the halls, the Hoffs' kingdoms, the longships, the sagas,
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And perhaps that is the real question before us now
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What calling waits just beyond the edge of what you already know?
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The gods do not shape our folk to live small lives.
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We are meant to build, to seek, to strive, and to become.
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Look toward the unknown places in your own life and ask that ancient question once more.