The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
A single poem, met at the right moment, can change a life.
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...everything changes.
By leaving, I learned why I so badly desired to stay at home. By leaving, I let go of what held me fixed in thought, bound by space. By leaving, I encountered all those things I was too afraid to befriend. By leaving, I burned my plans to follow a predictable path, then entrusted my life to a higher power.
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