Saturday, February 11, 2012

Snowy morning, both-and

Gorgeous snow. Flakes fell overnight, and continue a slow, steady powdering this morning, and the wind is nearly calm. Therefore, the world is coated. Every twig and bramble trimmed. With thick clouds between me and the sun, the world is all black and white and shades of gray.

It is a deeply human tendency to become dualistic, either-or, black or white, right or wrong. A wider, more layered world view always shows me both-and: both black and white and all the shades of gray. Life, both human and non-, is both so sturdy and so fragile.

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