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All the buried seeds crack open in the dark the instant they surrender to a process they can't see.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
Open
Dark
Process
Crack
Cracks
Buried
Surrender
Seeds
Instant

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When we deny what comes through us, it defines us. When we honestly face what comes through us, then who we are grows.
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Joy in what we do is not an added feature it is a sign of deep health.
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The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.
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The mystery is that whoever shows up when we dare to give has exactly what we need hidden in their trouble.
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In the way that I experience life, the physical world is really just the tip of the iceberg of reality. Whether it's trees or stones or water or animals or stars, everything has an ineffable interior quality.
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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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For listening to the stories of others ... is a kind of water that breaks the fever of our isolation. If we listen closely enough, we are soothed into remembering our common name.
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I would want to affirm how rare and magnificent and messy it is to be alive, how there is really nothing between us and life, though so many things get in the way, and how our heart is the strongest muscle and resource we have.
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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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The resource of life is everywhere, even in the smallest of things and we're never very far from it.
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