a fierce world that has forgotten<\/a> how sharp and bright is it\u2019s guileless tip.<\/p>\nUPDATE: To clarify my meaning \u2013 I listened to that that haunting and unadorned little voice and found it so innocent, so fresh and free of pretense, of cynicism, spin or ego, and it simply made me think\u2026\u201dso that\u2019s<\/em> what we could be, if we were not so afraid to be vulnerable. If we were not so afraid to be judged, disliked, thought stupid. If we were not so afraid to admit that we\u2019re not always right, that we\u2019re not always so damn sure of ourselves. If we were not so hard on ourselves and so quick to judge others.<\/p>\nIf we were not simply so afraid.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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