Happy Ground Hog Day
Shy Fox Don't Bother Me
Sophia: Look at that fox slipping quietly through the woods. Its shyness seems almost a lesson in patience and presence.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Indeed, Sophia. The fox does not linger on what has been nor fret over what may come. Its whole life unfolds in this very moment, embodying the truth that past, present, and future are inseparable.
The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
Sophia: Yet humans often wander far from such clarity, burdened by regrets or anxieties. To live fully, one must learn to inhabit the now, like the fox moving with quiet confidence.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: And in that stillness, there is freedom. Fear and hesitation lose their power when the mind rests entirely in the present.
Sophia: So the shy fox teaches us more than caution—it teaches attentiveness, the grace of being fully alive without interference or distraction.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Yes. To respect the fox is to respect the flow of life itself: a seamless thread where yesterday, today, and tomorrow are a single, continuous moment.
Sophia: Then let us walk softly, think clearly, and embrace the present, for that is where true wisdom—like the fox—is found.
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