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“it is not enough to be busy.
so are the ants.
the question is:
what are we busy about?”
-henry david thoreau
nothing like waking up early
sipping a warm cup of strong coffee
chewing on something that seems like a berry
your brain catching up
and wondering
why there is a berry in your cup
because you don’t normally
add berries to your coffee
and you spit it out
only to discover
that it was really a random giant ant not a berry
who climbed into your cup
in the time it took you to walk out of the room and back
and you have unwittingly shared your coffee with him
and he, with you.
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“it is not enough to be busy. so are the ants. the question is: what are we busy about?”
-henry david thoreau
it’s that time of year again
and the ants have stopped by for their annual visit.
as i now know that their newborns may outlive me at this point
i may just leave my cottage to them in my will.
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“if ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?”
-marie dressler
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