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When grace leads you home
Grace was the first lesson yoga taught me, but I wasn’t paying attention at the time. I was ... Read more
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The butterfly on the struggle bus
“Adding wings to caterpillars does not create butterflies, it creates awkward and dysfunctional caterpillars. Butterflies are created through transformation.” — ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Boredom or lack of curiosity?
“Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?” ~Friedrich Nietzsche It’s the time ... Read more
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Trusting cosmic ‘taps on the shoulder’
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Life is like a crossword puzzle
By Erin Smith “Good crosswords connect to everything in life.” — Will Shortz, New York Times crossword editor ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Searching for diamonds among the poo
By Erin Smith “Yeah, we went (explicative here) spelunking,” he finished, leaning back in his chair and topping ... Read more
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Remembering Tony and fighting the stigma
I fell in love with Anthony Bourdain on a Hawaiian beach. A friend had loaned me her paperback ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: Falling under summer’s spell
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things ... Read more
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Who is your favorite tree?
When I was a teenager, I couldn’t wait to get out of this small town. It felt provincial ... Read more
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Seeking Connection: If you use it, you won’t lose it
By Erin Smith My daughter jokes my tombstone should read: “What did I come in here for?” “Where ... Read more