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The glassblower knows: while in the heat of beginning, any shape is possible. Once hardened, the only way to change is to break.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
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When we are forced to stop the noise around us and in us, we begin to hear everything that is not us, and this is the beginning of humility and the renewal of our soul's energy as only by listening to all that is larger than us can we discover and feel our place in the Universe.
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Each soul on earth is complete unto itself.
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…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)
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Mysteriously, as elusive as it is, this moment--where the eye is what it sees, where the heart is what it feels--this moment shows us that what is real is sacred
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The journey is made easier when we can accept that the process of living is designed for what matters to come through us tenderly.
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We are love. But in an everyday setting we have to make choices. We have limits. We can love everyone and we can't love everyone.
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The sun doesn't stop shining because some people are blind.
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As nature erodes the earth into magnificent forms, life through endless experience opens us further and further to the essence of what matters. Each time I've been opened further, the way I experience life and receive things has changed.
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The greedy one gathered all the cherries, while the simple one tasted all the cherries in one.
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The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.
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The extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary.
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If you truly hold a stone, you can feel the mountain it came from.
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I looked a hundred times and all I saw was dust. The sun broke through and flecks of gold filled the air.
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Live loud enough in your heart and there is no need to speak.
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