Words that now feel different or words I won’t use (most of which I never did anyway):
Tremendous
Huge
Deplorables
Terrific
Great
Words I still love:
Wonder
Wondering
Wondered
Things I plan on doing more of:
Listening
Thinking
Helping
Learning
We can all help by lifting nets in rough seas.
We cannot despair. For despair leads to the graveyard of buried hopes. May any despair you feel turn you down a path to wonder more, to listen more, to help more.
Shibori Girl 
Thank you! Words we use are so important…. and our inflections. May the whole world speak kindly. xo Nance
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there is much to do.
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Thank you
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surely.
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thank you, what a lovely thought. And keep art alive, live for today, treat others as you would have them treat you., see the beauty all around you every day!!!
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we can appreciate that we are simply alive.
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We do need to work together to lift the net. I would add “kindness” to the second list and being kind to one another to the third. I value your writings for their insight and intelligence, and this latest is yet another fine example of both of those things. Thank you.
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kindness is always appreciated.
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“may any despair you feel turn you down a path to wonder more, to listen more, to help more.”
Thank you for these nudges towards wonder, hearing and helping!
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we help each other, don’t we?
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Thank you for this post. The last few days have been full of despair but I can’t live that way for four years I will now wonder and listen and think and help Patti
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good~
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This is simply and beautifully written. Wonder, listen, help….more, more, more. Thank you.
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clearly, you know what i am saying. Umva!
http://longridgefarm.com/umvarwanda/
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as a maker and a poet, i mourn not only trump’s ascension but the submissiveness that has allowed the uber-right to take control of america’s three branches of government . artists should be standing on the front lines of resistance when racists, bigots and their ilk rise to power…
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“artists should” …
i never like telling others what they should be doing. i imagine we will all do what we are moved to do, what we are willing to do, what we are able to do. what we feel is effective in our own way. large or small.
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There are the things we can’t control and the things we can control and it’s my hope that this country will see the difference. My prayer is that each of us will see where we can make a difference for things that might change or be left undone.
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yes, there are so many ways!
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