What Comes When You Let Go
The leaves of the wild persimmon tree in the corner of my yard have all fallen. Through its bare branches, the late autumn sun is shining on the tree's feet.…
The leaves of the wild persimmon tree in the corner of my yard have all fallen. Through its bare branches, the late autumn sun is shining on the tree's feet. There were things down there that could not get up all summer long. Only in late autumn does the sun's gaze rest on the ground. Once the leaves drop, what you see is blue sky and sunlight on the ground. Things that come only when you let go. How could that be just the sunlight on the feet of the persimmon tree in my front yard? In times like these, what America could gain by letting go may be far bigger than what it holds. I have no interest in politics, but people always keep their antennae up for where the money flows. The midterms. Democrats win. And the biggest drop in AI stocks in a long while. Meta says every big tech company is now looking at building outside America. Newly elected officials promised to slow the dat…
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