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The Moonlit Meadow and the Patient Hill

12 min · The ancient world · Calm · Wisdom

Beneath a full harvest moon, a quiet watcher kneels beside an anthill and follows one small carrier through her night’s work, discovering in the colony’s unhurried cooperation and gentle foresight that greatness is made of countless small, willing steps.

Retold from The Natural History, by Pliny the Elder.

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Also in the podcast episode The Moonlit Meadow and the Patient Hill.