in honor of the passing of Jane Goodall and National Poetry Day
—
stand on the bridge
hem of heaven
holding beauty, awe, reverence, wonder
daily decisions to engage, bother, contribute, care, participate, listen, be alive
actions more than words but they both count, add up or diminish
be kind, offer a smile, a warm embrace, enthusiasm, delight, empathy, connection
gift of life
open daily.
“we have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place
-or not to bother”
-Jane Goodall
—
gallup park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – october
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Jane’s life was a life well-lived, and a wonderful legacy left behind.
Best wishes, Pete.
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indeed –
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💙
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<3
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beautiful
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she also had such a way with words
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“You aren’t going to save the world on your own. But you might inspire a generation of kids to save it for all of us. You would be amazed at what inspired children can do.” ~ Jane Goodall
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yes, I love that one too!
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Thanks for sharing Beth
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my pleasure and in her own words –
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Jane Goodall is one of my classroom ‘scientists.’ Each table group has a different scientist for a total of nine scientists. While we don’t cover animal behavioral science in sixth grade, we do experience it. She was a pure scientist who practiced observing, then making inferences about what she witnessed. She lived an amazing life and influenced so many others.
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that’s wonderful that you do that! yes, I so admired her for many reasons, her approach to science, as well as life
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One of the most admirable women of our times. I had the pleasure of meeting her once. She is right, we have a choice.
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She was and you’re so lucky to have had the chance to meet her.
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Beautiful tribute, Beth. I am sad about her passing and so astonished by her years of amazing service. 🤍🙏
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yes, I feel the same, and her wonderful words are part of her legacy
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🤍🤍🤍
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I remember it was in middle school that we watched a short film for Science class about Jane Goodall. What an incredible life’s work and legacy and what a loss to the wildlife and environmental care community. May she rest in peace.
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yes, she was such an amazing person in all parts of her life –
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A lovely tribute to an amazing woman 🙏🩵
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her words are poignant
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Yes, they are.
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Beautiful 🙏
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<3
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She was special. Her presence will be sorely missed.
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yes, by so many
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What a way to celebrate Jane Goodall. Beautiful, Beth!
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thanks, and her words speak volumes
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She was unique. We were blessed to have her among us.
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A gift
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such a wise soul. Not sure we will have see another like her. her voice will be missed
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Yes, such a unique person
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I didn’t know she was gone. Great loss. I’m happy she stopped by to make the world a better place for gorillas and for humans as well. I don’t want all the good people to leave but I’m counting on the ones who are here to step forward to fill the gaps. We need to carry on the work of those who are no longer with us but have fought for justice and for life.
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Yes, she passed on just this week. An amazing human and we definitely need others to carry on –
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I guess we are the others but we need people to take care of the gorilla population and the chimps. She spent her life trying to protect them for humans, which is so shameful…humans, that is.
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She was my hero.
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I can so understand
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A beautiful tribute, Beth. 💝
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her own words were so lovely
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She was definitely someone you wanted to meet!
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<3
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What a remarkable woman she was. Truly a giant!
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one of those remarkable people in the world –
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Hi Beth, a lovely tribute to a remarkable woman. We need more like her. I wanted to let you know that you won a copy of my novel When Things Go Missing. To claim it I need your email address and cannot find it anywhere.
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I just subscribed to your blog, so you can email me to get your book.
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thank you!
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wonderful, I’ll send it off to you –
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A wonderful tribute, Beth :)
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her own words –
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What an amazing lady Jane was! I always admired her way of life. I can’t help but record all the shows with her that they are running now.
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right, I agree
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I didn’t know Jane Goodall, but I wish I did …
:)
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I always appreciate reading about Jane Goodall
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such a fascinating person
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It is up to us, for sure, Beth.
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she really understood things
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That’s such a beautiful tribute.
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these are her own words, she had so many beautiful ones to choose from
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Wow. So beautiful. I will read some more on her then
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Beautiful tribute to Jane.
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what an amazing person she was –
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😍
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I like Jane’s legacy: it is good for he ages —
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it definitely holds up well
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That we should all strive to make this world a better place. Today that seems more important than ever, to use our voices and our actions in positive ways.
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yes, here words never had an expiration date on them
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