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Dian Parker's avatar

Herman Hesse! … not all is suffering….we still have that one sweet hour in summer

Thank you for this

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Joey DeFilippis's avatar

for just one moment, let us have

this. 🤝🖤

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Patris's avatar

The intensity of recognizing nature as solace above and apart from organized purpose. This awes me. This does what I’ve thought unlikely - revisit his books.

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Nora Dunn's avatar

A beautiful poem to wake up to.

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Deborah Brasket's avatar

Yes, savoring the sweetness of this world that is reflected in the sweetness of our souls gives us the strength to save the world, to address what ails us without and within. The savoring is what saves.

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Manali Jarząbkiewicz's avatar

Wonderful

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Sloan Bashinsky's avatar

And then Hesse woke up and wrote Siddartha? :-)

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Shannon McCloud Johnson's avatar

One of my favorite Authors. I believe I have read every book he published.

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Lasita's avatar

So significant today!

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MyriamO's avatar

He could have written this today...

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Weston Parker's avatar

its got a lot of poignant longing

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Alluminator's avatar

Such an eloquent writer....

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Steve W. Wheeler's avatar

And nice how he throws in a Jungian concept as well.

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