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Silence Not Silent

I have been mostly silent much of my life. As an introvert growing up in a family who couldn’t “hear” me and a world who didn’t understand me, silence came naturally to me. Words were always slow to form, regardless of my desire to do so. My attempts to speak…

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Listen to the Silence

SILENCE & THE HEAT PUMP We’ve lived in the south for close to twenty years and while it’s not uncommon for us to turn on the air conditioning when it’s snowing in other parts of the country,  the heat has been running non-stop. That is until our heat pump decided it…

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Finding Your Inner Guide

Many of us, particularly those of us who are members of the “scar clan”, the walking wounded, have an unhealthy tendency to minimize our accomplishments. We look around us and see only those people who excel, who have accomplished what we have accomplished and more. As our access and, perhaps more…

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Room for Silence

Spending time in silence each day has become an essential part of my life in recent years. As a young person I valued the idea and practice of quiet meditation, though I was seldom able to do so in a comfortable, consistent fashion. I was too busy searching for answers…

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