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\nThere are so many reasons to harden ourselves to the world. But what we long for, in ourselves, from one another, is for our \u2018clenched fists to unfurl, ready to hold whatever small things drop inside\u2019.
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\nIt\u2019s not the easiest thing to do when our worlds are filled with hurt and pain, or when we are feeling tender and fragile. So how might we begin? And help one another stay open?
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\nHosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nHere\u2019s our source for this week:
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\nStay Like Clay
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\nHow we want hard things to soften
\nand change right away, for frost
\nto lift off stiff blades of grass
\nbefore the summer green can fade,
\nand for a gentle rain to prevail over
\nsleet that coasts each leaf left
\nclinging to gleaming black branches.
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\nFor the furrowed brow of a loved one
\nto smooth back into a smile,
\nand for every clenched fist to unfurl
\ninto a small bowl, ready to hold
\nwhatever small thing falls inside.
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\nMaybe the trick is never to harden
\nin the first place, to stay like clay
\noutside the kiln, willing to be
\nmolded, reshaped by the rough
\nand tender hands of this world.
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\nJames Crews
\nwww.jamescrews.net\n