.
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All day long a little burro labors, sometimes
with heavy loads on her back and sometimes just with worries
about things that bother only
burros.
.
And worries, as we know, can be more exhausting
than physical labor.
.
Once in a while a kind monk comes
to her stable and brings
a pear, but more
than that,
.
he looks into th burros's eyes and touches her ears
.
and for a few seconds the burro is free
and even seems to laugh,
.
because love does
that.
.
Love frees.
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~ Meister Eckhart
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art by: Stephen Filarsky
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