I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humb…

Diane Ackerman
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I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2011). I Praise My Destroyer: Poems, p.3, Vintage
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I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2011). I Praise My Destroyer: Poems, p.3, Vintage

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