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CansaFis Foote's avatar

…you know you are doing good work when work starts knocking on your door…being able to turn down any work means you may already have work enough…inspiring to hear you settle and dig…

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Haha thank you CansaFis. I’m in a fortune position where I can choose not to do work and say no. But perhaps it’s because my desire to be a farmer in the countryside and really settle and dig is only growing

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

…dawg if yr dream is farm you better farting farm..

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Carina's avatar

This was sooo beautifully written, Tommy. Love how you bring colour and light and texture to the page. Not to mention wisdom.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Thank you Carina (: appreciate your kindness

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Linart Seprioto's avatar

I had a great time slowing down and reading this essay, Tommy. I gained a special fondness for Rajko - do you also feel like you're simultaneously eight and eighty at times?

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Ha thank you Linart (: so good to hear from you

I had a thought that perhaps all truly wise men are both 8 and 80. They have this vibrant inner child and playfulness but also sage-like depth. Yoda comes to mind as that archetype.

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Linart Seprioto's avatar

i love that thought - i think learning to be 8 again, in particular, is so important

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Emily Yaskowitz's avatar

Love this, Tommy. One of my favorite articles of yours.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Thank you Emily (: it’s so lovely to hear that from you

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Merc's avatar

so many good, beautifully composed and easy to digest thoughts. thanks for this tommy.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

thank you merc, appreciate you reading & the warm words

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Andjelka Jankovic's avatar

"I don’t want to sell my life for money." BRILLIANT. Going to save and re-read again.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Thank you Andjelka (: appreciate you being here

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BB Borne's avatar

Nicely done, nicely lived, Tommy.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Thank you BB (: appreciate you

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BB Borne's avatar

Your writing has evolved as you have lived more and more experiences. You are taking it to the experiences, not waiting for experiences to come to you. This is an art form. Keep at it, and be vigilant about giving yourself time to absorb. Touch people along the way, and absorb them fully. We are humans. That means we are connectors and fully intertwined.

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iL.'s avatar

Fantastic piece, amazing from start to finish

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Thank you Ilan. Appreciate you reading (:

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Monica P.'s avatar

So thoughtfully written. This makes life worth living to be of service to someone else, and to always do extra than what is expected of you. What a world it would be if everyone acted this way. In these tumultuous times this was needed.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

That’s exactly it Monica. Couldn’t have put it better.

Thank you for being here & sharing such a beautiful reflection (:

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J.T. Murphy's avatar

So many breathtaking ideas, phrases, and truths in your lovely piece, Tommy.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Thank you J.T. Heartwarming (:

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Tommy, the dignity and values that are steaming off this pile of fertile honesty arrests the senses of my own character. I calls the right part of me forth and I'm relishing the imagery you've used to empower it.

"There is every opportunity to plant garlic sideways" but why would you when you own the farm?

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Haha I love the farming metaphors Rick. I think you keyed into one of the core ideas which is an extreme sense of ownership and responsibility for everything one does. Because in some mystic undefined way we are owners of everything we do.

Thank you for your wisdom here (:

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Rick Lewis's avatar

You are so kind to let me keep adding my metaphorical graffiti to your comments section. Your essays always produce such wonderful conversation. And yes, your way of getting at this idea that we are always owners, wherever we go and whatever we do, was very inspiring to me.

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Alex Michael's avatar

Really beautiful meditation Tommy.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Thank you my friend

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