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posted in today's missed connections:

"Why did you do all this for me?" Wilbur asked. "I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you."

"You have been my friend," replied Charlotte. "That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die...

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[waywardsmile]

i recently read charlotte's web for the first time (i don't know why I never had before) and it made me smile and chuckle to myself a lot. it also reminded me of an action perhaps seemingly insignificant but something i still can't get over involving thousands of dew covered spider webs and myself reluctantly mowing through them, constantly cringing, after idling on the tractor literally teary eyed and conflicted for a few minutes. being conscious is difficult in this day and age.

thank you for your thoughts and for not giving in to complacency; it's consoling to know others feel the same though i myself am lingering on a life almost too easy at times, and even so outside inspiration is necessary many days. charlottes come and go and are too often few and far between but those present are much appreciated. it is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

-some pig