Be Astonished

Christian Schloe

Instructions for living a life.
1. Pay attention.
2. Be astonished.
3. Tell about it.

— Mary Oliver

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“One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice —
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.