You have to be in the world to understand what the spiritual is about, and you have to be spiritual in order to truly be able to accept what the world is about. (Mary Oliver)

You have to be in the world to understand what the spiritual is about, and you have to be spiritual in order to truly be able to accept what the world is about.

Mary Oliver

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