John R. Miles

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Now, let that journey begin.

Imagine a single worker at dawn on the Giza Plateau.

The sun is just rising over the Nile, turning the sand gold.

In front of him sits a shallow pit.

He pours in lime, white and fine as bone dust.

Then sand, rough and golden.

Finally, water from the river.

carried in a cracked clay jar.

With a wooden paddle, he begins to stir.

At first, the ingredients resist.

Dry clumps float.

Water pools separately.

Sand sinks.

Nothing wants to become one thing.

This resistance is exactly what we feel

when our deepest values clash with our ambitions, when individual drive pushes against the pull of shared life.