Reach

Robert Browning famously wrote: “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” But when you can’t quite touch what you’re aiming for, it doesn’t feel all that heavenly in the moment.

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Overflowing

Each single grape is a thing of beauty—sweet/tart, juicy, a burst of delight on the tongue. But who stops with one grape? Sometimes delight comes in great bunches, more than anyone could ever have exp

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Turned to Dust

“Things are sweeter when they’re lost. I know—because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.” ― F. Scott Fi

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Pull Together

We are all pulled to see the world in a way that matches our views and desires. But sometimes we manage to pull one another in ways that make it possible to see the world from a whole new perspective.

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What You Hoped For

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” ― Epicurus What do you have now that was once only a longing?

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