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=20you=20a=20tool=20before=20you=20even=20ask=20for=20it.=20I=20remembered=
=20working=20on=20a=20community=20garden=20project=20last=20spring.=20We=20=
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=20in=20the=20work=20itself.=20By=20the=20end=20of=20the=20day,=20we=20were=
=20passing=20water=20bottles,=20pointing=20out=20worms=20to=20the=20kids,=
=20laughing=20when=20someone=20got=20a=20bit=20too=20enthusiastic=20with=20=
the=20hose.=20Language=20had=20grown=20up=20around=20the=20task,=20a=20prac=
tical,=20rooted=20language.=20It's=20interesting=20how=20a=20shared=20purpo=
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nto=20the=20water.=20I=20continued=20my=20walk,=20the=20rhythm=20of=20my=20=
steps=20syncing=20with=20my=20breath.=20Sometimes=20you=20find=20understand=
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=20a=20task,=20in=20the=20quiet=20companionship=20of=20a=20sunny=20bench.=
=20It's=20a=20different=20kind=20of=20conversation,=20one=20that=20doesn't=
=20always=20need=20a=20voice.
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