language as contribution

i often have to remind myself of this. each day i am alive, i am able to learn something. each day i am able to learn something, i am able to live. learning takes many forms. it can be very literal: i go to a class, a teacher passes me knowledge, i am tested. other times it is more figurative: i take the time on my way to a coffee shop to feel the air as it enters my body, cold and crisp in the winter; to feel my feet in my shoes, on the sturdy but broken concrete as i walk. . . . → Read More: language as contribution