As a life-long learner, I realized long ago that the hard lesson would continue to confront me until I learned. But, once enlightened, we receive liberation from that which no longer serves us.
December 2021
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Who does not want to be respected? To be seen? To be heard? And, at times, to be left the heck alone.
November 2021
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Let my myopic focus at that moment serve as a lesson in empathy for all of us.
October 2021
Even if we are not directly impacted by [insert topic here], what happens to one, happens to all.
September 2021
When I cast my gaze outward, I see people who, like me, have a personal history and heart, a heart that keeps blood pumping through their bodies.
August 2021
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As I clumsily practiced casting and line mending, I applied this teaching to empathy and how we have all learned to mend the pandemic line over the past year and a half+.
July 2021
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When you find yourself becoming too stationary, I encourage pivoting to greater compassion and less hate.
June 2021
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The storms of life mean to challenge and help us to flourish. While our responses are independent of one another, the journey taken is by all.
May 2021
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Our common ground is found in agreement that there is nothing more important than an in-person exchange, the up-close and personal kind of encounters that bring a seismic shift to otherwise entrenched positions.
April 2021
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Since we all live life through our lens, it is crucial that we also recognize our perception of events is likely very different than someone else's.
March 2021
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What is irreplaceable is the humanity of the moment and how empathy took center stage.
February 24, 2021
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Like you, over the last year, I have learned to live with a lot less. This less has actually become more given the reblossoming of dormant creativity and shock-testing of my ability to build a structure from chaos.
February 10, 2021
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I am unsure if the recent Wolf Moon, global pandemic, social and political unrest, or winter blues have got my internal compass spinning, but I cannot point my arrow in any specific direction for the life of me.
February 3, 2021
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Hankering for in-person connection, I took the scenic route over the weekend and met up with my friends, who live not too far outside of San Antonio.
January 27, 2021
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I am a proud American who has inhabited both sides of the political coin. Raised in Eastern Washington "AgCountry," I cut my teeth in the melting pot of the Big Apple.
January 20, 2021