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Day: June 15, 2017

Too Small For You

Too Small For You

Posted on June 15, 2017September 30, 2024 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your alonenessto learnanything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.”—David Whyte, excerpt from “Sweet Darkness” In an earlier career as a naturalist guide in the Galapagos Islands, David Whyte tells us that he returned to poetry because the scientific language …Read More

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