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To Float or Not To float
That is the question.
“Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled — to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world.”
~ Mary Oliver
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“I am tired of having hands
she said
I want wings —
But what will you do without your hands
to be human?
I am tired of human
she said
I want to live on the sun — ”
— Louise Glück — Averno.
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“Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking, loving, and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning.”
Elie Wiesel
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“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”
— Anaïs Nin
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The quest for enlightenment bores me. It bores me and distracts me from the real work required to truly grow. It’s so up there, and my challenges are so down here. The karmic field for my soul’s expansion is in the heart…
