“Tree”

It is foolish
to let a young redwood
grow next to a house.

Even in this 
one lifetime,
you will have to choose.

That great calm being,
this clutter of soup pots and books–

Already the first branch-tips brush at the window.
Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.”
― Jane Hirshfield

The Little Owl, Albrecht Dürer

“We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them,” she insisted, “but by waiting for them.”³

Simone Wiel from “Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God.”

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