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The Immensity of the Sea…

9/26/2015

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Yanika Chemerisov
Tonight under the fullness of the moon I sit at my desk, writing, and impulsively decide to open facebook (as one does). First thing the feed shows me is this photo I posted of myself, three years ago, with a quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupery that resonates pretty synchronistically with what I was just writing, which was:

​The other day I saw a caption on Instagram which said the UN has a goal of eliminating all poverty in the world by the year 2030. The photo showed delegates standing holding hands in the assembly room. I scrolled past it as quickly as I did the puppies and sunsets, but later I started to feel the weight of such a goal. It’s a concept I’ve held in an “if only” frame of thinking, but putting a timeframe on it makes it more real. Many thoughts, sensations, intuitive longings and tempting visuals unraveled out of my heart as I began imagining it coming to pass. Then came a slew of cynical doubts. Then a heavy sense of being overwhelmed. And then some more visuals. What would our world look like without poverty? This question has become all I want to think about. We become what we think. The world models our microcosmic brain power with its effulgent macro dimensions. Perhaps with the small synapses of my imaginings, I can contribute more to the healing of the world than I have been able to with various strivings thus far. Perhaps my heart can feel a little softer and unafraid, if I can give the world my longing, phrased in confessions of how beautiful I know it all could be.

Oh and here's the quote:
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​"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
               -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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