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Melissa’s* letter of thanks
Dearest Friends,
The recent birth of my niece reminds me that life is something more than just presence, it is the earth rising inside of you, the earth that has been there since the beginning, but taking a different form.
I started to think about all the other babies I had seen as a community health worker [...]
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Mansour
“The freedom of going out and joining other children, walking through the streets, shoulder to shoulder with children and grown-up men and women, shouting out one`s desires–all these were rights which the Revolution had given him. “
Photo from the Iranian Revolution of the 70’s.
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A poem by Rumi
The intellectual is always showing off,
the lover is always getting lost.
The intellectual runs away.
afraid of drowning;
the whole business of love
is to drown in the sea.
Intellectuals plan their repose;
lovers are ashamed to rest.
The lover is always alone.
even surrounded by people;
like water and oil, he remains apart.
The man who goes to the trouble
of giving advice to a [...]
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