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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

The Velveteen Rabbit (excerpt) by Margery Williams

The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others.  He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.  He was wise, for he had seen a […]

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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

Valentine for Ernest Mann by Naomi Shihab Nye

You can’t order a poem like you order a taco. Walk up to the counter, say, “I’ll take two” and expect it to be handed back to you on a shiny plate. Still, I like your spirit. Anyone who says, “Here’s my address, write me a poem,” deserves something in reply. So I’ll tell you […]

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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

Use the Geometry by Mirabai

He left His fingerprint on a glass the earth drinks from. Every religion has studied it. Churches and temples use the geometry of those lines to establish rites and laws and prayers and our idea of the universe. I guess there is just no telling how out of hand—and wonderfully wild— things will get when […]

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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

Untitled by Mark Belletini

Go in peace. Live simply, gently, at home in yourselves. Act justly. Speak justly. Remember the depth of your own compassion. Forget not your power in the days of your powerlessness. Do not desire to be wealthier than your peers and stint not your hand of charity. Practice forbearance. Speak the truth or speak not. […]

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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

dying is fine)but Death by e. e. cummings

dying is fine)but Death ?o baby i wouldn’t like Death if Death were good:for when(instead of stopping to think)you begin to feel it,dying ‘s miraculous why?be cause dying is perfectly natural;perfectly putting it mildly lively(but Death is strictly scientigic & artificial & evil & legal) we thank thee god almighty for dying (forgive us,o life!the […]

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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

Unitarian Christianity by William Ellery Channing

Delivered at the Ordination of Rev. Jared Sparks in The First Independent Church of Baltimore on May 5, 1819. 1 Thes. v. 21: “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” The peculiar circumstances of this occasion not only justify, but seem to demand a departure from the course generally followed by preachers at […]

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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

The World As I See It by Albert Einstein

“How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose (we) know not, though (we) sometimes thinks (we) sense it… A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other(s), living and dead, and […]

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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

Work by Charles Lamb

Who first invented work, and bound the free And holyday-rejoicing spirit down To the ever-haunting importunity Of business in the green fields, and the town– To plough, loom, anvil, spade–and oh! most sad To that dry drudgery at the desk’s dead wood? Who but the Being unblest, alien from good, Sabbathless Satan! he who his […]

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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

With That Moon Language by Hafiz

Admit something. Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.” Of course you do not do this out loud, otherwise Someone would call the cops. Still though, think about this, this great pull in us to connect. Why not become the one who lives With a full moon in each eye that is always […]

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August 25, 2010 by Jenny Klein

With Passion by Rumi

With passion pray. With passion work. With passion make love. With passion eat and drink and dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this ocean of God?

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