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the mundane treasures that bear witness to our lives
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what you pay attention to dictates your life
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believing in love is like believing in a religion
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somewhere i am walking. somewhere i am free
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That first winter chill. A cool breeze from the south penetrates your skin sinking deep into your bones. It makes your skin crawl, a shiver snakes up…
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If you grabbed me by the nape and started rolling me up, the way one folds a collapsible picnic blanket. That is to say, with difficulty getting the…
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I hate the mindset I’m stuck in right now: always thinking about the next thing, worrying about what’s to come, comparing plans and evaluating paths…
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Often I find it exceptionally uncomfortable to inhabit a state of absolutes. Yet in those rare moments when it doesn't feel like that, I feel limitless…
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“Purity does not lie in separation from but in deeper penetration into the universe” — Teilhard de Chardin. I just read The Writing Life by Anne Dillard…
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I’ve been going nonstop lately. This is unusual for me because I like to take things slowly, revel in the space between moments. I’ve noticed that I…
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These past couple of months have been fruitful for realizations. They were simple—most likely things my subconscious has always known but never…
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When I feel overwhelmed, my usual coping mechanism is to retreat into my personal routines, practices where I feel invisible, where I can meld into the…
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