come closer

Slow it down more, come closer still. A dot appears, like a flesh-flake. It swells like a balloon; it moves, circles, slows, and vanishes. This is your life.”

― Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

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It is almost dark before I head outside to notice the world around me. I scold myself for wasting the day doing things I knew I did not want to do.

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