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    “We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things going from one quick base to another, often with a frenzy that wears us out. We collect data, things, people, ideas, ‘profound experiences,’ never penetrating any of them… But there are other times. There are times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. Then we begin our ‘going down.'”

    James Carroll, Sunbeams (Page 22)

    Henry Longfellow Quote on Rain and What The Best Thing To Do When It’s Raining Is…

      “For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining, is to let it rain.”

      Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

      Beyond the Quote (259/365)

      You can curse the clouds. Yell at the wind. Blame the rain for ruining your day. You can close your blinds and hide under your blankets. You can turn the TV up real loud so you don’t hear the thunder. You can even browse some “sunny 70” exotic destination locations on IG. But, whether you confront the rain with anger and hostility or dig your head into the pit of your couch and pretend like it doesn’t exist, one thing is for sure—it’s going to keep on raining.

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        “I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” – Diane Ackerman, via Blog of Jonathan Fields

          “Memory is potent.  It does something to us.  It makes us who we are.  It gives us depth.  It ties our past to our present to overcome the disjunction of a too literal life.  It focuses our attention on the imagination of events rather than on events taken literally.  Memory is a kind of poetry.”

          Thomas Moore, Original Self | ★ Featured on this book list.