Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted…

Anne Lamott
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Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.
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Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.112, Anchor
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This business of having been issued a body is deeply confusing... Bodies are so messy and disappointing.

Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.

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