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On Egypts: Don't go back there

Numbers 14:3b: Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt? (ESV) PS: this was very unplanned, but I thought to make it up here since it's in my head and I have not been here in a while.  I have had moments in my life where returning to a past situation (which I didn't want) seems better, and a default response, even when I am not thinking about it.   One of the ways this happens frequently is when I think about new things, PneumaCare, and my work in healthcare, even when the odds and maths are completely off the reasonable path (more on the maths another day). I had one of those moments earlier today as I thought about my latest projects, and I realized I was already playing in Egypt.  Why am I writing this?  The Egypt metaphor came to me sometime in 2023 and has since remained a mental note and applied more retrospectively than actively in my decisions and actions. Egypt feels familiar, linear, and for a moment, I tend to forget why it is not right for m...