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It is Not Enough
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It is not enough to know.
It is not enough to follow the inward road conversing in secret. It is not enough to see straight ahead, to gaze at the unborn thinking the silence belongs to you. It is not enough to hear even the tiniest edge of rain. You must go to the place where everything waits, there, when you finally rest, even one word will do, one word or the palm of your hand turning outward in the gesture of gift. And now we are truly afraid to find the great silence asking so little. One word, one word only. "It is Not Enough" from Where Many Rivers Meet by David Whyte. Copyright © 1990, 2004 by David Whyte. Used by permission of the author and Many Rivers Press (www.davidwhyte.com) All rights reserved.
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