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EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 9 MIN

What Will Remain?

from The Everyday Human · host Eastin DeVerna

May: On LoveMay 19Today's reflection was inspired by the poem "Once I Passed Through a Populous City" by Walt Whitman.So what is it that endures through time? What will the ruins of the places I visit and live in now look like 3000 years into the future? Will some soul wander through and imagine the lives and love that existed millennia ago? Perhaps . . .What endures these ages later is not the purpose of buildings, the utility of them or the practicality of the streets, but the enduring power of human will and connection, and the ghosts of love.Reflection title: What Will Remain?Creative inspiration: Walt Whitman, "Once I Passed Through a Populous City"Reflection Question: Where have I been where no memories remain but the love I felt? Where will I go next and with whom?

May: On Love May 19 Today's reflection was inspired by the poem "Once I Passed Through a Populous City" by Walt Whitman. So what is it that endures through time? What will the ruins of the places I visit and live in now look like 3000 years into the future? Will some soul wander through and imagine the lives and love that existed millennia ago? Perhaps . . . What endures these ages later is not the purpose of buildings, the utility of them or the practicality of the streets, but the enduring ...

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