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A Human Joy

Poetry Off the Shelf

CHAPTER

The Subsistence Farm

Ashley's parents lost their restaurant business when she was 17. Her mother went on to work in real estate and now lives on $1,000 a month. Ashley: "I buy her books all the time... I'm kind of a trafficker of her"

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Speaker 2
Got it, okay. So maybe that's kind of like the, like, what did they go on and do? Well, yeah, Seneca's point is like,
Speaker 1
if you can be of service to the many in government, great. If you can be of service to your city, great. You know, if you can't do that, can you be of service to an audience, like through writing? And then could you just be of service to the community, like, as a human being? Like, can you help someone, you know, move or something? Right? Can you feed a beggar? You know? And his point is that there's multiple spheres in which we can operate. Ideally, you operate for as many people as possible, but to neglect the lower ones.
Speaker 2
Yeah, the circles of concern and starting with the most local. If you
Speaker 1
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