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\"\"<\/a>So, following a night spent boring everyone w\/ whining about my terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day, reality asserted itself today. Funny how a night’s sleep, a beautiful morning of bird song and great tea will do that :).<\/p>\n

And poetry. Today’s poem from poets.org is a perfect comment on ‘our precious human lives,’ as Ringu Tulku<\/a> says. Daily Life<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> the poem reminds me, will not go on forever. And when so many of my friends are struggling with health and job and loss issues… what on EARTH am I whining about?<\/p>\n

Enjoy the day “unfolding like a bird slowly\/ spreading its wings.” And your precious human life :).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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