"This is what I think of you, you will go forth from these walls, but you will live like a monk in the world. You will have many enemies, but even your foes will love you. Life will bring you many misfortunes, but you will find your happiness in them, and will bless life and will make others bless it - which is what matters most. Well, that is your character."
from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
the little monk understands -
*his heart is the size of his fist, but a blue whale’s heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle
*his brain weighs 3 pounds, but a sperm whale’s brain weighs 15 pounds
*he migrated 5,000 miles to West Africa, but a humpback whale migrates 16,000 miles...per year
*he whistles a humble tune, but a fin whale’s song travels all the way across the Atlantic Ocean
*he writes to serve others
- Trevor Scott Barton, the little monk, 2020
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