“This poem started during a February 2021 walk, while listening to Ten Percent Happier podcast host Dan Harris interview author Adam Grant about his book Think Again.  Their conversation, titled “The Joy of Being Wrong”, was about the wisdom of rethinking long-held opinions, questioning assumptions, cultivating flexibility, and welcoming surprising new perspectives – even if humbling.  Excellent reinforcement mid-pandemic, when so many of us were already reassessing the world and our view of it.” 

Cheryl Martone lives and writes in Rhode Island.  She recently retired after a 36-year career in public service.  Her writing is endless inspired by the outdoors, art, questions of perspective, and small moments of observation in the human and natural worlds.