the sky was the deep-sea blue of a morning still considering daylight.
“We don’t have to fall into the same category to be of equal value.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“Mosscap considered. “Because I know that no matter what, I’m wonderful,” it said.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“You’re an animal, Sibling Dex. You are not separate or other. You’re an animal. And animals have no purpose. Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is. If you want to do things that are meaningful to others, fine! Good! So do I! But if I wanted to crawl into a cave and watch stalagmites with Frostfrog for the remainder of my days, that would also be both fine and good. You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live. That is all most animals do.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“We’re all just trying to be comfortable, and well fed, and unafraid.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“Similarly, when we denigrate our bodies—whether through neglect or staring at our faces and counting up our flaws—we are belittling a sacred site, a worship space more wonderous than the most glorious, ancient cathedral. We are standing before the Grand Canyon or the Sistine Chapel and rolling our eyes.”
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
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