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If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don__ hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happened better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that__ often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don__ be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb. (Don't Hesitate)
Mary Oliver Swan: Poems and Prose Poems
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If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don__ hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happened better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that__ often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don__ be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb. (Don't Hesitate)
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Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

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