Mastering the Possimpible
How to Become the Ancestor the Future Deserves
Somewhere between the possible and impossible lies a threshold called the possimpible.
It is a place where logic loosens its grip, and imagination, courage, and love step forward to shape the future.
To walk this bridge is to accept that you may never see the fruits of your labor, and to act anyway.
This is the work of becoming a good ancestor.
A good ancestor does not measure their worth by success or failure.
They do not wait for signs that change is “likely.”
They understand that the best and most necessary work often begins in the invisible, in the silent spaces of trust, desire, and vision.
Being a good ancestor means leaving the world better than you found it, even if your hands never touch the harvest.
The Ideal Ancestor
The ideal ancestor thinks beyond their lifetime.
They are moved not by a guarantee of success, but by the integrity of the attempt.
Their actions are seeds planted in soil they may never walk upon.
Impermanence is embraced, not feared.
Participation is always possible, even when permanence is not guaranteed.
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Possimpible thinking vs. Probable thinking
Our culture worships probabilities.
We want statistics, forecasts, assurances.
We want to know our actions will “work.”
But real change, the kind that reshapes the future, has always been improbable.
It is born not from perfect conditions but from people who acted anyway.
None of the successful movements in human history began with favorable odds.
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Possimpible thinking invites us to shift questions.
Instead of asking, “will it work?” we ask, “is it worth doing, no matter what?”
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Hope can collapse into despair when outcomes fall short.
But purpose persists, even through collapse.
To live at the edge of the possimpible is to act for love rather than certain results.
Living into the Possimpible
1. Break big vision into small, sustainable actions
When you stare at a colossal injustice or crisis, it can feel paralyzing.
The key is to find levers you can personally touch — to keep moving, keep momentum alive, even if the steps feel small.
2. Work from joy and sustainability first
Activism must nourish and strengthen us.
Find the parts of the work that light your fire, that sustain your soul.
Trust that others will be drawn to fill the other parts.
Collaboration is key.
3. Trust the unseen
Like seeds cracking open underground, much of our impact is invisible at first.
Trust that even when you cannot measure your impact, your presence, your attention, your love, is working beneath the soil.
The Invitation
We live in a world obsessed with proof, prediction, and control.
But the future is a relationship we participate in, not a machine we engineer.
The universe is expanding.
Mycelial networks are weaving unseen resilience beneath our feet.
Tides are moving, even when we cannot feel their pull.
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To act at the edge of the possimpible is to align ourselves with these deeper rhythms.
Maybe what matters most is not that we succeed, but that we become the kinds of beings worthy of the futures we long for.
Become the ancestor who moved with love.
Who planted seeds.
Who built bridges.
The future deserves nothing less.
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With love, Bri Chapman
Gorgeous!!!
Bri’s “possimpible”:
purpose persists, come what may.
Underground networks.
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For now’s, next young ones,
sower, soul-er, model, me?
Yes, each, all of us.