John Simpson
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Comfort, warmth and security.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Like falling – endlessly – and then discovering you have wings.
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Realising that if they were drowning, you’d try to save them.
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The inability to negotiate peace and truly forgive.
My biggest disappointment would be living with disappointment. What a burden to be shackled to. I would be truly disappointed if I didn’t (as the song says) pick myself up, dust myself off, and start all over again.
Having a great fear.
That we are all no more and no less than a single thread in a gigantic web of life. What we do and how we behave has repercussions for the entire web.
I would deplore feeling deplorable about myself.
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