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\nWhat we long for, what we most need, is the simple kindness of others. But the world teaches us otherwise - that what we need most is away from one another. What a tragedy unfolds for all of us when we live in forgetfulness of our deepest longing. We think the world can be different - and this conversation is about just that.
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\nThis week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nHere's a link to the details of the new Thirdspace Coaching For Development programme for people who work in organisations, which we talked about a couple of episodes ago.
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\nHere's our source for this week:
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\nShoulders
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\n\n\nA man crosses the street in rain,
\nstepping gently, looking two times north and south,
\nbecause his son is asleep on his shoulder.
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\n\n\nNo car must splash him.
\nNo car drive too near to his shadow.
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\n\n\nThis man carries the world's most sensitive cargo
\nbut he's not marked.
\nNowhere does his jacket say FRAGILE,
\nHANDLE WITH CARE.
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\n\n\nHis ear fills up with breathing.
\nHe hears the hum of a boy's dream
\ndeep inside him.
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\n\n\nWe're not going to be able
\nto live in this world
\nif we're not willing to do what he's doing
\nwith one another.
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\n\n\nThe road will only be wide.
\nThe rain will never stop falling.
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\n\n\n\nNaomi Shihab Nye
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\nPhoto by Aditya Chinchure on Unsplash\n