Truly now, double thanks, triple thanks

The first beings gave thanks to the gods:
-Truly now, double thanks, triple thanks
that we've been formed. We've been given
our mouths, our faces.
We speak, we listen, we wonder,
we move... under the sky

A quote from the old Mayan book, the book of the dawn of life. I thought of this passage today as I watched Tadzio swimming and splashing in the sunlight. He swam to one side of the pool and stood on the edge, saltwater and steam pouring off of his body. A cool wind blew the steam off the surface of the pool, the trees dipped and swayed, and he splashed underwater again.

He learned to swim two weeks ago.

Truly now, double thanks, triple thanks. Thanks a million. It makes my heart sing.


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