The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
A single poem, met at the right moment, can change a life.
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...keep us from growing.
Don’t be caught inside a room with no windows and no doors through which you may wander outside. Once you’re trapped it’s so hard to break out. Most of us soon stop trying, slowly dying in our cell. But not you! You won’t be seduced by simple answers, or hardened by fear into a caged beast. You know love comes in infinite varieties, and the way to grow is out in the open.
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