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Letter 4539

Two trees sharing intertwined roots in mountain soil

All these days walking this small patch of land, I have experienced the full range of human emotions. Elation, despondency, joy, terror, peace.

Each experience I have is unique, yet each feeling is one also known by others.

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We have this in common, me with my neighbors.

Let me see myself as one of many.

Consider:

Can I embrace what I have in common with all?

Reading:

❖ “No heart that beats, but has its grief; / Nor wealth, nor youth, gives full relief;” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox, “The Common Link,” Shells (1873)

❖ “Love and belonging are irreducible needs for all people.” — Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart (2021)

❖ “Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.” — Romans 12:15 (KJV)

Thank you for reading. If this helped you today, please consider sharing it.

~B.R.

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