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DURHAM D

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16. Your post caused me to think of this -
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 06:43 PM
Nov 2012
“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”


― Walt Whitman

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Thank you for being a human being MannyGoldstein Nov 2012 #1
You just made me very sad. The Doctor. Nov 2012 #7
If we don't love our selves, our humanity tama Nov 2012 #19
Givers of good vibes usually get them back, manyfold. Bozita Nov 2012 #2
You may be the conduit Iwillnevergiveup Nov 2012 #3
Warm Fuzzies DakotaLady Nov 2012 #4
Keep your lamp trimmed and burnin' DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #5
I wish I could recommend a post. The Doctor. Nov 2012 #9
Love those! CrispyQ Nov 2012 #14
Just watched a Ted talk given by Temple Grandin. JDPriestly Nov 2012 #6
I disagree Patiod Nov 2012 #13
I really like your post as much as the OP's. pacalo Nov 2012 #15
Thank you, pacalo. Patiod Nov 2012 #24
Some people who are "different" are dangerous. JDPriestly Nov 2012 #21
Thanks for sharing with us, and for reaching out to this man. babylonsister Nov 2012 #8
It cost you nothing, but was a treasure to that fellow. bluesbassman Nov 2012 #10
To The "Good" Doctor... sheshe2 Nov 2012 #11
Every homeless person has a story tblue Nov 2012 #12
Homeless talking tama Nov 2012 #20
Your post caused me to think of this - DURHAM D Nov 2012 #16
Holy Wah! Yooperman Nov 2012 #23
Sniff.. Cha Nov 2012 #17
I talk to homeless people all the time living in San Francisco. Some of them are lost souls kimbutgar Nov 2012 #18
Kudos. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #22
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #25
Wonderful post, my friend. longship Nov 2012 #26
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