There 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…
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In August 2019 we watched “the lungs of the Earth” gasping for breath as intense fires burned through millions of acres of the Amazon Rainforest. Barely six months later, our human lungs are under attack as we face the…
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It’s been almost a week now since walking into what looked like a scene from a zombie apocalypse movie at the local Kroger grocery store at ten o’clock at night, so I’ve had some time to process all that is going on in my mind and my body. From...
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“Think of others before yourself.” Growing up Catholic, this was a strong message floating around me. Being an Empath on top of that, this concept took itself to a whole other extreme in my life. Constantly overwhelmed with the needs of…
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I recently went on a retreat. I didn’t leave my house or travel anywhere. There was no agenda or a plan for what I would do. I didn’t spend even one thin dime. I just decided I would take myself on a retreat for 2 days to process the past 60 days of…
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Grief is a long and winding road. It loops around and forward and back on itself so many times that I’ve lost count. I don’t always understand why I have certain emotional responses one week and then completely different ones the next…
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