you learn by living I agree so I

tear down the ceiling replace the plumbing paint the walls install the overhang

take out the trash

hands get dirty skin tarnished by the days with shovel hoe hammer saw mud

is this what you mean Mrs Roosevelt by living

you didn’t seem to state anything specific so I am left to interpret for myself

while good advice and I sure thank you for your lessons

I like Antaeus keep my feet on the ground feeling myself invulnerable with this weight in my hand

this seems to imply invulnerable is what I am after in the interpretation but that’s not it I get it we all die but

I have been lifted and it was extraordinary yet like Antaeus too

I was so easily conquered

so I prefer to stay weighty on the earth and make believe if I must

that I am living by learning