Far-fetching is reaching out into the future & bringing back the things we need today

Two senses of the term, one familiar, one new:In the familiar sense, to call something far-fetched is to dismiss it out of hand as unlikely or unconvincing. In a different sense—one I invite you to learn about now and try for yourself in a few moments—far-fetching is a way of reaching out into a better future and bringing back something needed here, today.Work coach and writer Mandy Brown shared this second definition in a workshop some time ago. It stuck with me, and has guided my work since. I want to share my own interpretation and use of far-fetching with you. (Thanks, Mandy, for your generosity in that workshop, the help you’ve given friends, and in all the writing you’ve shared otherwise.)In order to get there, we have to talk about the future.Personal uses of the futureThe future looks different to each person, because it is different for each person. Not only the contents of the future, but what a future is, and what one does with it.We might see the future as a gloomy,…

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