Thursday, January 14, 2021

Our Life Like a Breath


Our life,
like a breath
then,
a coming
and a going,
a bridge,
a central movement,
between singing
a separate self
and learning
to be selfless.

--David Whyte , excerpt from "A Seeming Stillness"

[Photo of our twins, Douglas and Danielle, with "cousin" Petra.]



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