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The Gift of Change

Marianne Williamson

“We will be given every opportunity to lean through joy, and when we deny ourselves that, we will learn through pain. But we will learn.”

—Marianne Williamson, The Gift of Change


the place where we once had a picnic
is now underwater

that one thick branch
of the shade tree
is now hovering
over the rippling surface

its trunk submerged—
holding its breath
for us

Last updated: August 8, 2023