🎭 Culture 1d ago · Maria Popova

How to Say “YES” to Life

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How to Say “YES” to Life
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It started with an urn for living gone wrong, the clay kiltering off center, resisting my every effort to force it back into shape. The harder I pushed to control it, the more it took on a life of its own, folding like flesh, bending like mind. I pushed and despaired, pushed and despaired, until, exhausted and exasperated, I gave up and simply let my hands follow the momentum of the clay, saying “YES” to its will.
And then, magic: I watched the vessel turn into what I could have nev

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