The following is a poem by David Whyte as included in his latest book: The Solace, Nourishment, and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words as presented on a recent Sam Harris podcast. I thought it deserves inclusion here, in its entirety.
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The little duck
Now we are ready to look at something pretty special. It is a duck riding the ocean a hundred feet beyond the surf. No, it isn’t a gull. A gull always has a raucous touch about him. This is