Things That Join the Sea and the Sky: Field Notes on Living
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Across the street, this lost kid is floating on meth, his young soul waiting for him to land and start his life.
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As all mountains stand on the ground, As all trees root in the soil, As all rivers flow to the sea, there’s a substance under all life that joins us and holds us up.
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After we die, we weigh twenty-one grams less. This is the weight of wakefulness, light as seven hummingbirds.
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a prisoner of my own story.
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Shamans believe that the fire at the center of the Earth, which no one has seen, is a flare of the beginning that never went out.
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I keep discovering that everyone is loveable, magnificent, and flawed.
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we assume our full stature in the bliss of being ordinary.
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Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction. FRANCIS PISSARRO PICABIA
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As a cocoon tears, as bark peels, as the hard casing that grows fruit splits — the casing of our pretense and stubbornness breaks open, so the soul can unfold like a rose and fill the world. This is a fate to be longed for, even though we fear it.
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There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting. BUDDHA
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This is a FAKE Buddha quote
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the wife of emptiness calling for her collie.