A bird was lying on his back in the road with his feet in the air. A horse saw him and asked, “What’re you doing?” The sparrow said, “I’m helping hold back the darkness.” The horse sneered and said, “Yeah, right,” and the sparrow said, “One does what one can.” 
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Five Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy
By Parker J. Palmer
The heart is where we integrate what we know in our minds with what we know in our bones, the place where our knowledge can become more fully human.
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