361 Five Glimpses of Gratitude (Maya Angelou, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sharon Olds, Henry David Thoreau, WS Merwin)
The History of Literature
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How the Universe Works and How Parenting Works
It's like when i used to catch a bee and hold it for some seconds, wild and ferocious and staring back at me, but under my control. My little fingers were enough to keep it, to hold it, because i was so much more powerful than this little bee. And then i did let it go. I threw it into the air, and it swerved under my power. It took the path my toss because it wasn't quite independent yet. But then it straightened out its curve and righted itself in mid air,. Then flew in the direction it wanted to fly, the direction of its departure. Just as this daughter of mine will now fly under her own power in
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