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Lately I’ve been reading a lot of Alan Watts. In one of his journal entries he describes something he calls the paradox of happiness or the backwards law. Happiness is something that we all would like to have. Ask a little kid what he wants to be…
Read More*Trigger Warning: This article discusses the death of a parent. • As I sit here writing, I’m listening to the movie soundtrack from the iconic baseball film, Field of Dreams. It has always had a very special place in my heart. My Dad and I shared…
Read MoreMy writing career, for what it is, got started back in 2018 with a self-study of the Yamas and the Niyamas. Each week I focused on one, and then posted a little meditation and small excerpt of how I did with that focus point…
Read MoreHi, I’m Rae Lynn Minke. I’m an almost-40-year-old Canadian expat and ex-teacher, living in Germany with my little international family. If you were to ask me about myself, I would tell you that I’m fun-loving, confident, and extroverted. I’d tell you…
Read MoreIt’s been a while since I’ve submitted anything to the site where I can say my writing journey began. The last article I wrote was posted on June 24, 2022. During the interim, life has come and gone as it usually does and I can honestly say that…
Read MoreDo I have words for today? In this moment I am acutely aware of how "out of practice" I am at writing here. When I started this Heart-Letter in late 2017, it began with me writing to you every week. Each Tuesday to be exact — I would sit and…
Read MoreSome of you that are used to hearing from me a lot more may be feeling like I've been a little MIA these days. And I have been! And that's because the "action" part of that acronym has had me in a level of…
Read MoreAnd just like that it's June! Here we are swiftly inching toward the longest day of the year. Preparing to honor the balance of dark and light, day and night, the official beginning of Summer…
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