"We don't come to the table to fight or defend. We don't come to prove or to conquer, to draw lines in the sand or to stir up trouble. We come to the table because our hunger bring us there. We come with a need, with fragility, with an admission of our humanity. The table is the great equalizer, level playing field many of us have been looking everywhere for. The table is the place where the doing stops, the trying stops, the masks are removed, and we allow ourselves to be nourished , like children. We allow someone else to meet our need. In a world that prides people on not having needs, on going longer and faster, on going without, on powering through, the table is a place of safety and rest and humanity, we are allowed to be as feel as fragile as we feel."
Shauna Niequist Bread and Wine: A love letter to life around the table with recipes
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