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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

How to make friends with trees 🧵 https://t.co/rVmNpsGMeP

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 4 years ago

violently lonely, brb making friends with plants https://t.co/MYaMC8fAJB

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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Step 1: Pay attention. That’s it.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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Hug them. Respect them. Admire them. My friend Hana used to say: Trees are wise. They have a lot of wisdom inside each of them. She used to walk around so reventially, I haven’t forgotten it.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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I used to think about how old they are, and what they know. The grounding they seem to have among issues that seem so big to me. I loved walking around at night with them. https://t.co/KofajobFL4

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 4 years ago

Tonight, walking at 3am, I possess a satisfaction that can neither be shared, nor preserved, only practiced.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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I brought a special sense of getting to know each place—each POV—and the sense of rightness and rightfulness in belonging there on the land of campus. https://t.co/7TzKxCtHMd

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 4 years ago

I am still as violently lonely as before. Yet it is no longer alone. The number of my people-friends has not increased, but I made friends with the plants and birds. I know each individual tree more now. As I walk, they rustle, and I walk in my home. https://t.co/Uq70navvMp

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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Trees are there for anyone to make friends with. The entry fee is attention and admiration. It always has been. https://t.co/31Alihd2Q4

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 4 years ago

To care, then, is the fundamental currency of intimacy. To afford attention and value on my partner’s needs it to make them real to herself. To provide that care and attention to our own is powerful indeed. https://t.co/fJHsxK7o9L

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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Shoutout to @kehwho for being my silent spiritual ink|ground|woo buddy.

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