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\nIn the choices about what to pay attention to, the wider culture many of us inhabit tells us - be afraid, be in a hurry, get things done, be productive, panic about the future, distrust your own senses, distract yourself. So much of the media that comes our way reinforces all of those messages. But what if we turned towards the beauty and wonder that is, alongside all there is for us to worry about, always here? And what if our attention to the beauty, wonder, mystery and relationship could spur us to take care - of ourselves, of those around us, of the wider world - with eyes and hearts of a deeper love and courage than any fear and any panic could ever generate in us?
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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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\nTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.\xa0 Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google, Amazon Music and Spotify.
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\nHere's our source for this week:
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\nIN THE MEANTIME
\nTom Hirons
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\nMeanwhile, flowers still bloom.
\nThe moon rises, and the sun.
\nBabies smile and somewhere,
\nAgainst all the odds,
\nTwo people are falling in love.
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\nStrangers share cigarettes and jokes.
\nLight plays on the surface of water.
\nGrace occurs on unlikely streets
\nAnd we hold each other fast against entropy
\nAnd the struggles of our time.
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\nLife leans towards living
\nAnd, while death claims all things at the end,
\nThere were such precious times between,
\nIn which everything was radiant
\nAnd we loved, again, this world.
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\nPhoto by Daniel Thomas on Unsplash\n