Mary Oliver — “I got saved by the beauty of the world.” | The On Being Project
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Mary Oliver — “I got saved by the beauty of the world.” | The On Being Project
Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean-- the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down -- who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes. Now she lifts her
... See moreAttention without feeling, I began to learn, is only a report. An openness — an empathy — was necessary if the attention was to matter. Such openness and empathy M. had in abundance, and gave away freely... I was in my late twenties and early thirties, and well filled with a sense of my own thoughts, my own presence. I was eager to address the... See more
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Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows — ‘What a world you’ve got inside you.’ | The On Being Project
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