Choose
The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting.
Choose : For we meet by one or the other.
Carl Sandburg
The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting.
Choose : For we meet by one or the other.
Carl Sandburg cuts straight to a choice everyone faces in how they approach another person. One option is the clenched fist—already lifted, ready for a fight. The other is the open hand, extended not to strike but to ask, wait, or receive.
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