There are quite a few advisements floating around in our culture that people tend to accept without question, like my pet peeve, “Be a self-made man/woman,” as if we gave birth and raised ourselves or personally reinvented the wheel for every aspect large or small that makes up our world. Evidence to the contrary overwhelms us and loudly proclaims that from the moment we walk onto Earth’s stage, we benefit and learn from others. This is particularly so when it comes to receiving (note the verb) a good education.
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That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again and ever again, this soiled world. ~ Walt Whitman
Sometimes people speak of how people are destroying the planet, and while that may be true in a limited sense, I tend to think that the planet will simply shrug and issue some stern correctives if it becomes absolutely necessary.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars,
And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand,
and the egg of the wren,
And the tree-toad is a chef-d’oeuvre for the highest,
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