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January 2 - Be Kind / This Is Water

from January 2020 by Uncle Denny

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Be Kind / This Is Water

Sisyphus pushed a big rock up a hill
Only to watch it roll back down again
Sometimes parenting feels a lot like that
I walk my kids to school at 8:15 and pick them up at 3:00
And all day in between, I stand at a table saw and workbench
I build things for people around town

Today I built a table for a woman who is 63…
Just lost her husband to cancer
And when I dropped it off, do you know what she said to me?
She said, “The little things like taking out the trash or eating alone
or grocery shopping are like pushing a rock up a hill.”

David Foster Wallace gave a speech at Kenyon College
It’s called “This Is Water”
And it’s one of the best takes on empathy I’ve ever heard
It’s a reminder to be kind
Everybody’s pushing a big rock up a hill
Everybody’s watching it roll back down again
Everybody’s pushing a big rock up a hill

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from January 2020, released February 21, 2020

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Denison Witmer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Denison Witmer has been recording and releasing music since 1995 when he released a cassette titled My Luck, My Love, under the tutelage of the Innocence Mission’s Don Peris. Since then, Witmer has been steadily releasing music every few years. He now has over a dozen critically acclaimed EPs and LPs to his name. ... more

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