‘Try easier.’ How to navigate the uncertainty of transitions

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh and Victoria Jackson, the founders of Godmothers bookstore in California, discuss embracing the uncertainty of transitions, creating space for serendipity, and being open to surprises.

Each time I walk into a bookstore I choose a book of poetry off the shelf and open it to random pages. The day I walked into Godmothers, the new bookstore and cultural gathering space in Summerland, California, I picked up a book from the Persian poet, Hafiz, and then read poems about longing and finding peace.