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Day 12: All I Really Need To Know I learn From Children's Books—AN EGG IS AN EGG


All I Really Need To Know I learn From Children's Books—AN EGG IS AN EGG

Author: Nicki Weiss
Publisher: Trumpet Club
Year: 1992

F
or day twelve of the Season of Creation allow nature to teach us about the reality of change—eggs to chicks, branches to sticks, green to white, and day to night, day after day, season after season. "Many things have to change course, but it is we human beings above all who need to change" (Laudato Si' 202).

An egg is an egg
Until it hatches. And then it is a chick.

A branch is a branch
Until it breaks. And then it is a stick.
Everything changes.
Nothing stays the same.







A seed is a seed
Until it is sown. And then it is a flower.


A block is a block
Until there are many. And then they become a tower.






Everything changes.
Nothing stays the same.






Water is water
Until it is brewed. And then it becomes tea.


You are you until I come.
And then you become "we."











Everything changes.
Nothing stays the same.




The yard is green
Until it snows. And then it becomes white.

Day is day
Until sunset. And then it is the night.
Everything changes.
Nothing stays the same.





The baby was a baby
Until it grew. And now the baby is a kid.

But you can always be a baby.
You will always be my baby....








Some things stay the same.
Some things never change.

What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises (Ecclesiastes 1:3-5). 8thWorker.us

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  1. AnonymousTuesday, September 13, 2022

    Your reflection question resonates with my recent thought: Mother Theresa and Princess Diana touched many lives but in very contrasting ways🙏🙏😇😇. When life offers a spectrum of choices the most important lifeskill is discernment and self knowledge. Knowing oneself and intimately communicating with one’s creator🙏😇

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    1. JM SJWednesday, September 14, 2022

      Thanks so much for your in-depth sharing and for making the connections with current happenings! LIFEskill! Laudato Si' Integral Faith Ecology skill! GBU!

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  2. AnonymousTuesday, September 13, 2022

    It is time to change...for good, better and best ...even no more hope... God's love still remains!

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    1. JM SJWednesday, September 14, 2022

      Thank you... hoping against hope but never despairing! GBU!

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