To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common.
- William Henry Channing
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I write because I see so much stunning beauty in the world, because writing makes my soul come alive. I love it. This is the less filtered, more random, unfinished workings of my brain, what I'm thinking about, what I'm seeing, the questions I'm asking or learning how to find...
