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We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking.
We move along the surface of things going from one quick base to another,
often with a frenzy that wears us out.
We move along the surface of things going from one quick base to another,
often with a frenzy that wears us out.
We collect data, things, people, ideas, 'profound experiences',
never penetrating any of them...
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never penetrating any of them...
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But there are other times.
There are times when we stop. We sit still.
We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory.
We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.
There are times when we stop. We sit still.
We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory.
We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.
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~ James Carroll
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