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Saturday, February 18, 2012
You are reading from the book Today's Gift
United souls are not satisfied with embraces, but desire to be truly each other.
—Sir Thomas Browne
If hugs could melt, if kisses were made of nothing but pure air, if talkers always agreed, and if hearts all beat to the same drum, would we desire any longer to be truly each other? No two leaves on a tree turn the same way in the wind; no two fish in a school tread the same water; and no two people can live the same life. Therefore, when we hug let's leave some space; when we kiss let's allow each other to breathe; when we talk let's permit each other to disagree; when we love let's honor each other's rhythm and way.
Is it our similarities or differences that make us want to know each other better?
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