“These wrinkles are nothing
These gray hairs are nothing,
This stomach which sags
with old food, these bruised
and swollen ankles,
my darkening brain,
they are nothing.
I am the same boy
my mother used to kiss.”
―
These gray hairs are nothing,
This stomach which sags
with old food, these bruised
and swollen ankles,
my darkening brain,
they are nothing.
I am the same boy
my mother used to kiss.”
―
“In the heart or every caregiver is a knowing that we are all connected. As I do for you, I do for me.”
― The Inspired Caregiver: Finding Joy While Caring for Those You Love
― The Inspired Caregiver: Finding Joy While Caring for Those You Love
“Congratulations, the new slip said. You made it.”
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
“To reclaim solitude we have to learn to experience a moment of boredom as a reason to turn inward, to defer going “elsewhere” at least some of the time.”
― Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
― Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
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