Lesson Plan
The lost bird remembers how to sing
as it splashes in a puddle
and forgets how to fly.
This was the teacher’s answer
to his student’s complaints
about living on earth.
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Our love needs to be bigger than our insanity. —Henk Brandt There are three covenants that keep us engaged in the work of love. To [...]
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A hundred years ago, a composer wrote music about a puppet who comes alive when his strings are cut. Then a poet who delivered babies [...]
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