Good morning, friends.

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
— Ray Bradbury

When we stop reading, we stop listening to the inner lives of others.

Today, let us celebrate a profound real-world victory for global connection: The World Digital Library was successfully digitised and made free. This initiative provides global, free access to over 20,000 rare and ancient manuscripts from diverse civilisations. You can explore this vast repository via the Library of Congress WDL Collection or browse millions of other open-access books on Open Library https://openlibrary.org. 

The barriers of time and geography have collapsed. 

Reflection for the day: We are all painting on the same human canvas. What beautiful thing will you contribute to someone else's canvas today?