It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already…

Alan Watts
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It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn. ✨ Alan Watts (2017). Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek, p.24, Sounds True
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It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn. ✨ Alan Watts (2017). Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek, p.24, Sounds True

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