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When I was around 15 years old, I got arrested. I was brand new to that particular city where I lived for a couple years during high school, and while I wasn't exactly a "goody-two-shoes" growing up, it wasn't necessarily my nature to "make trouble" either. I was pretty nerdy in a lot of ways, and…
Read More…it may have stemmed from a series of Instagram posts that I had made while studying Yoga’s Yamas and Niyamas. I’d pick one per week and write a quick little caption on my successes and (mostly) failures in the self-practice. I’ve not really put much effort into developing a brand or…
Read MoreI was invited to write for The Community Journal about a year ago in 2019. When I gave an enthusiastic “YES” to the 1-year commitment, I had no way of knowing what it would mean in my life or how both I and the world would change along the way…
Read MoreI recently started working my way through Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. As part of this work, I spend about 30 minutes every morning writing my stream of conscious long hand across three pages. I’m…
Read MoreWe’re a solid month into global lockdown and quarantine. A lot of those ‘maybes’ we discussed last month might be starting to lean one way or the other for you at this point. I’m sure there are things we all miss and things that we have all realized…
Read MoreThere once was an old farmer whose horse ran away. When his neighbors heard of his plight, they came to offer their condolences, saying how terrible it was for him to lose his horse. “Maybe,” he replied. The next day the horse returned with…
Read MoreThis past weekend I went on a hike with a very good friend. Well, I’m not really sure you could call us very good friends. If you sat down and counted the number of times that we were in the same place at the same time, it’s less than ten…
Read MoreI recently went through a break up that got me down. It wasn’t that there was any animosity between us, but feelings weren’t mutual and the timing was simply off. What brought me down even further were remnants of past…
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