The late great Mary Oliver’s advice for life ❣️ “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
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The late great Mary Oliver’s advice for life ❣️ “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
When we do this, we’re beginning to scratch the surface of the essence of life. Mary Oliver, in her poem “The Summer Day,” asks “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”19 It’s a rich question, full of simplicity and complexity. Those that read it fall into two camps. The first camp is inspired. Oliver assumes that
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