Life has left her footprints on my forehead. But I have become a child…

Nhat Hanh
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Life has left her footprints on my forehead. But I have become a child again this morning. The smile, seen through leaves and flowers, is back to smooth away the wrinkles, as the rains wipe away footprints on the beach. Again a cycle of birth and death begins. ✨ Thich Nhat Hanh (2013). Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems, p.5, Parallax Press
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