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Face life and truth as it actually is… not merely as what you want it to be or as what you were taught.
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[Meeting with an old friend.]
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Give a flower to a rainy day and watch the sun begin shining happily. That rainy day is not separate from what many people are.
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[A Hover Fly enjoying some nectar adjacent to a mosquito that had a massive heart attack. (The mosquito probably sucked someone’s blood who had a lot of bad LDL cholesterol!)]
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There was a wise man… and every time he bent down, the whole world (including all the people, animals, and plants) bent down.
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[This Goldenrod is being bent over by the wind… not by the weight of the Hover Flies upon it. Hover Flies seek nectar from wildflowers, such as this Goldenrod, which is growing along the periphery of a local, nutrient-rich, rural pond.]
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. Keen wisdom/deep awareness is far from what infants are capable of… though deep, intrinsic innocence (such as the kind that the very young have) is necessary. Compassion involves (and comes from) growing.
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