Thought for the Day

You change the world and yourself by changing

your thoughts. And first, you change yourself. And

then maybe you change the world. And then maybe

you help somebody else in their moment of great

despair – or their moment of great joy.

~ Jane Hirshfield

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Quoted from "Ezra Klein Interviews Jane Hirshfield: What a Poetic Mind Can Teach Us About How to Live" (Online Transcript from The Ezra Klein Show at The New York Times), March 3, 2023

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