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How Do You Respond When The Universe Has Already Written The Poem?
For the first time, the reminder did not fill the moment with despair. Maybe the job is not to invent something new. Maybe the job is to listen to what the universe is showing, keep yourself open to what it offers, and hold something to the light just for a moment, only for as long as you have it.
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"A Bird Made of Birds" | Sarah Kay
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