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I Believe… [The Fragile Thread]
Mar 16, 2026
Don Hall
I Believe… [The Fragile Thread]
Mar 16, 2026
Don Hall

...that when you spend time helping the truly broken—the ones who require more patience than seems reasonable—you walk away with two revelations: how much of yourself still works, and how vital the fragile thread of kindness is that holds people together.

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Mar 16, 2026
Don Hall

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[Reminder] My Ascent to Greatness Will Not Be Compromised by the Likes of You
David Himmel, Poetry David Himmel 4/27/24 David Himmel, Poetry David Himmel 4/27/24

[Reminder] My Ascent to Greatness Will Not Be Compromised by the Likes of You

When I was twenty, I went to work for a captain of industry. A titan really.

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My Ascent to Greatness Will Not Be Compromised by the Likes of You
David Himmel, Poetry David Himmel 7/11/20 David Himmel, Poetry David Himmel 7/11/20

My Ascent to Greatness Will Not Be Compromised by the Likes of You

When I was twenty, I went to work for a captain of industry. A titan really.
I met him through the fraternity I had just pledged.
He said, he saw something in me — I had ambition, I had smarts, I had just what he was looking for.
I had reminded him of himself when he was my age.
That was a long time ago. More than twice my life thus far.

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