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knowing now that she preferred an empty apartment to one filled with someone else’s things.
“The sun is perfect and you woke this morning. You have enough language in your mouth to be understood. You have a name, and someone wants to call it. Five fingers on your hand and someone wants to hold it. If we just start there, every beautiful thing that has and will ever exist is possible. If we start there, everything, for a moment, is right in the world.”
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“As we attempt to understand ourselves
and our struggles with life’s endeavors,
we may find peace in the observation
of a flower. Ask yourself:
At what point in a flower’s life,
from seed to full bloom,
does it reach perfection?”
― The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life ? Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process
and our struggles with life’s endeavors,
we may find peace in the observation
of a flower. Ask yourself:
At what point in a flower’s life,
from seed to full bloom,
does it reach perfection?”
― The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life ? Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process
Melanie’s 2025 Year in Books
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