I hope I’ll know

It’s Sunday, November 22, in the early evening. This has been running through my head for a few months now. It’s kind of an obsessive fear. Rather than it being a critique of others, I landed on a note to self.

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I hope l’ll know when I have

done enough

said enough 

been enough

carved enough space for others.

I hope I’ll know when to

be less

be quiet

step back, aside, or sit down.

I hope I’ll know when to say no, 

not me

her

him

them.

And if not, 

I hope those that love me will tell me - it’s time.

About The Author:

Jara Dean-Coffey (jdc) is Founder and Director of the Equitable Evaluation Initiative and the Founder of Luminare Group. For the past twenty-five years, she has partnered with clients and colleagues to elevate their collective understanding of the relationship between values, context, strategy and evaluation and shifting our practices so that they are more fully in service of equity. For more about musings + machinations click here.