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Find The Window (opens the original)
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Curiosity is not what killed Bluebeard’s wives.Yes, he gave them the ring of keys and the false freedomto adventure into any room—but this one.The one with the small key.Don’t be curious, brides—it will kill you.Don’t put the key in the lock.Don’t turn it.Don’t look in the room.Go have tea and cake.Don’t open the door to the forbidden roomwhere you will find all the other dead brideswho dared to turn the key.He locked them in this tiny roomwith all the other corpsesuntil they starved
Don’t Bring Things to a Painful Point (opens the original)
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“In my humble opinion, these teachings present a profound antidote to the rampant victim mentality that has become so prevalent in our times. Blaming others without taking any responsibility for our own actions has almost become a socially acceptable behavior. As all the great Mahayana masters, particularly the Kadampa ones, have emphasized, blaming others for our unhappiness only exacerbates our own misery. Such compulsive blaming is a form of entrapment that is not only self-perpetuating but t
Some People Like Poetry (opens the original)
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Some People Like PoetrySome people –that means not everyone.Not even most of them, only a few.Not counting school, where you have to,and poets themselves,you might end up with something like two per thousand.Like –but then, you can like chicken noodle soup,or compliments, or the color blue,your old scarf,your own way,petting the dog.Poetry –but what is poetry anyway?More than one rickety answerhas tumbled since that question first was raised.But I just keep on not knowing, and I cling to thatlik
Someone has to push the rubble (opens the original)
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The End and the BeginningBy Wisława Szymborska, Translated By Joanna TrzeciakAfter every warsomeone has to clean up.Things won’tstraighten themselves up, after all.Someone has to push the rubbleto the side of the road,so the corpse-filled wagonscan pass.Someone has to get miredin scum and ashes,sofa springs,splintered glass,and bloody rags.Someone has to drag in a girder</p
For Calling The Spirit Back From Wandering The Earth In Its Human Feet (opens the original)
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Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread, that bottle of pop.Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote control.Open the door, then close it behind you.Take a breath offered by friendly winds. They travel the earth gathering essences of plants to clean.Give it back with gratitude.If you sing it will give your spirit lift to fly to the stars’ ears and back.Acknowledge this earth who has cared for you since you were a dream planting itself precisely within your parents’ desire.</s
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