sometimes it is 6:23 pm on some golden august afternoon and i am laying on a bed on the thirteenth floor of some las vegas casino hotel and the sun is shining in through the window just so and i think that this life is…
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How Lucky I Am
Read moreLife has been a little bit of a whirlwind lately. Wedding planning. Starting a new job. Stumbling upon challenge after challenge. Sometimes I feel dizzy-sick with it. Full up. Ready to give up. Then comes a magic moment. A peaceful ride home. Sunset rays lighting…
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Happiness is Magic
Read moreMoken Children – photograph by Andre Testa “In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions. When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you…
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Sunday Sweetness: Unsatisfied
Read more“I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it. Always I want to live more intensely and richly. Why muck and conceal one’s true longings and loves, when by speaking of them one might find someone to understand them, and by acting…
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We choose pain because we know it.
Read moreI’d first heard about Harlow’s Monkeys in a high school psychology class called Human Behavior. There, we scratched the surface. It would not be until later at university that someone would explain it to me in no uncertain terms, the nightmare of it. The images—video…
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Be inspiring.
Read moreThe absence of fear in the face of unknowing. I often think back on the the little girl that I used to be. I remember the things that she prayed for–like strength, talent, beauty, wisdom, grace. Sometimes it hits me, suddenly, the fact that she…
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