Hey! How about this world right now? Right? It’s hard for me to sit down and know what to say. I tend to be overly considerate. Thinking about how my words may resonate with you as a reader. Backspace is a close friend of mine a lot of times…
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Holding still is a lot like being told not to move. You could absolutely be in one spot, but internally your mind is racing all over the place. Being still is more about presence. You could be constantly on the go or in one spot, but you are stable and…
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When I was about 14 years old my dad had an idea to begin teaching me how to drive. Up to that point I had always been the passenger. When you’ve never driven it’s simple to watch and think it’s easy. It’s not until you begin driving yourself…
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A few months back I sat at a coffee shop with my sister, Stephanie, and her daughter and son, Aubrey and Austen. We all delighted in breakfast together, and a part of that delight was cookies! Of course, we needed to eat our meal first before…
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I remember one of the happiest days of my life. On this day it was not for any reason. I was in college. I was on my way to a degree. I had a girl I loved more than anything and friendships that would last an eternity. It felt like everything was…
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When you can reduce a concrete belief to the “notion” of what it is, we have the ability to either redefine it or let it go entirely. Before anything exists it’s first brought into our awareness as something new. Something foreign and neutral…
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On October 18th I woke up to crystal clear skies. I was in Taos, New Mexico at the Held In The Heart EXPLORE retreat. I ordinarily live in Ohio, so when I saw the night sky there for the first time I was truly grounded. The stars were far more…
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My first experience with white water rafting was extreme. At the beginning of the trip, and after our first class-5 rapid, our guide used the word "disaster". My buddy, Dave, thought it was awesome, but our guide, Collin, said it was a disaster…
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