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All the angels are amazed at humans, who through their holy works appear clothed with an incredibly beautiful garment. For the angel without the work of the flesh is simply praise; but the humans with their corporeal works are a glorification! Therefore the angels praise humans' work.

~ by Hildegard of Bingen

Kindness

Naomi Shihab Nye | May 2021 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 5)

Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth...

Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing...

~ Naomi Shihab Nye from "Kindness" in WORDS UNDER THE WORDS

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