Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Welcome the wind as a guest because it shares your experience of having no home.
- In plain terms
- Be kind to the wind since it has nowhere to rest like you.
- What can you take from it?
- Share empathy with those who are displaced.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who else has no home?
- How do you offer welcome?
Another view
It romanticizes homelessness which is often not by.
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