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The paradox – love anyway

Long ago I encountered this poem, Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments. When I read it in another book over 25 years ago the ability to google and search for an author was non-existent. When this writing came back to my awareness last week I found the book where I originally had read it and went to Google to discover that this poem was written in 1968 by Kent M. Keith as part of a booklet for students.…

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Notice That…

I have to challenge myself to pay attention to what I am paying attention to. This challenge is to combat what takes so many forms in my life that I have to work to disrupt it. The non-attention, automatic and frequent out of body thinking. You know the times when your brain detaches itself from your body to stay in a conversation that your body walked away from. Meanwhile, your body does you the favor of…

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Totally random post

We’ve been on a road trip to Tennessee for a Family Commissioning Weekend for the amazing ICC Fall Intern Team so I have been missing some posting. But I have news! Do you ever spend more time looking for a movie online rather than actually watching it? Don’t you hate that? Look no more! If you are looking for a lovely date night movie on NETFLIX check out The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society I’ve linked…

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More Rembrandt, Less Warhol

I have lived most of my life in a high functioning state. To say I have a positive mindset is an understatement. I have always been the kind of person that if I did something that wasn’t on my to-do list I would put it on the list so I would have the satisfaction of crossing it out. While this sort of productivity could be looked on with envy there is this horrendous groundhog day effect…

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