according to Buddha

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

teach the gifted children
the way of men and animals
teach them about cities
the history of the mysteries
their vice and their virtues
about branches that blow in the wind

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Edmonton, Alberta ~ North Saskatchewan River (Assiniboine: Ogícize wakpá) ~ Edmonton Rowing Club