"... that kind of deep attention that we pay as children is something that I cherish, that I think we all can cherish and reclaim, because attention is that doorway to gratitude, the doorway to wonder, the doorway to reciprocity. And it worries me greatly that todayās children can recognize 100 corporate logos and fewer than 10 plants."
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Robin Wall Kimmerer, interviewed by Krista Tippett on the On Being podcast (February 25, 2016)
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