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Wondering
Time teasingly beckons, but have you lived? Have you found the dew on the lotus flower? Kissed a chubby cheek? Have you found some meaning in the sunrise? A connection to the bird of prey? Have you breathed deeply, stepped softly and found differences between conscience, ego and unconditional acceptance? Did the four leaf clover…
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(Wellies Optional)
by Nancy Marie Farley Rice I walk around the lake in a pair of wellies because I see the world from a child’s perspective. I have no fear– not because it’s better to do something than nothing at all; I don’t think either of those ways. It’s not that I don’t care. In fact, I really do.…
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Your Turn
A kind heart starts with an open mind the door of the Soul ajar every breath a new turn a rotation an open opportunity your turn your turn to begin anew spinning to see the world with open eyes eyes forthcoming never straining seeing always inward as well as out your open-hearted kind mind awaits…
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Welcome to the 21st Century
D.C. street artist, Mark Jenkins, stated, “Adventure is a path. Real adventure—self determined, self-motivated, often risky—forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled…
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It’s Okay, Despite All of the Questions
It’s easy to talk about moving on, about getting over loss, about losing weight and exercising. It’s a way of life: reminiscing about what we had while also wondering about what is to be. What exactly is “moving on” and letting go? While we can embrace that there is a huge difference between thinking about…
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The Real Trail Magic
Appalachiantrail.org reports that of the 3,000 plus people who start a thru-hike each year, only around 1/4 finish what they started out to do. That means that of three million visitors to the AT each year, 3,000 hope to complete the journey within one calendar year, becoming what is known as a thru-hiker. Around 750…
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The opportunity today to fly
“Climbing out of a 1942 Stearman Barnstormer biplane day before yesterday, I had the opportunity to reflect upon what placing one’s feet on the ground is about. It’s all relative. I also had the chance to reflect upon not just what flight was like in the early stages, but what I was like before I…
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A World of Possibility: The time is now…
There are some books that I have read that I think others may find extremely informative, moving and perhaps even life-changing. Here are two of them and some ideas contained within: Kelly A. Turner, Ph.D. wrote Radical Remission: Surviving cancer against all odds. She noted in the book that she had asked every physician she…
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I am whole, and I am committed.
This is part of a letter I sent to some of my peers who I met at a program at the Y, Live Strong, a 3-month opportunity for those who have had or have cancer. I met the most awesome people, and as we worked out together with the also awesome trainers, I wrote to…
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Just like that
THE REAL BLESSING I’m writing this on a plane on Christmas day. I was lucky enough to sit by a window and see the sea of sunset for hours and hours, travelling from Frankfurt to San Fran. I’ll probably post this later: Sitting beside me in the plane are two books: The Embodied Mind: Cognitive…
Mind Set Go 