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Living is the original art. As a young man I wanted to be a poet and I learned along the way that I already was a poet.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
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Listening reminds me how precious it is to be here at all. And so, listening is the first step to peace, both inner peace and the compassion that connects people.
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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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Joy in what we do is not an added feature it is a sign of deep health.
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The many ways to listen have been reaching into me for years. To enter deep listening, I've had to learn how to keep emptying and opening, how to keep beginning. I've had to lean into all I don't understand, accepting that I am changed by what I hear.
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Whether you find it through mediation or sighing over tea or just turning all your devices off for five minutes, listening is an ancient lifeline by which we are awakened time and again. Once reawakened, we more easily find our way to each other, and so help each other live.
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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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Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.
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