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Voice Within Us

Voice Within Us

  Whether you practice your voice, or practice letting your voice out unpracticed, we all got something within us worth hearing   This poem “Within Each Bird” by Tammy Iralu sings this sentiment beautifully. Enjoy!   Image Source  

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Brene Brown: Un-shaming Shame

Brene Brown: Un-shaming Shame

  The goal is to learn to recognize when we are experiencing shame quickly enough to prevent ourselves from lashing out at those around us.” -Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame    This is more of a...

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The Grace of Dependence

The Grace of Dependence

  Timothy Shriver, the chairman of Special Olympics, writes in his new book, Fully Alive, In a world where we strive for independence and self-sufficiency, people with disabilities remind us that we are all dependent in some way.” However, there is an “impulse”...

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Praising a difficult world

Praising a difficult world

No matter how clear or cloudy our internal skies are - no matter if the masses below are celebrating, or raging from tragedy - no matter if we notice or not, or whether we deserve it at all - for now, day after day, the sun both praises us with light, and casts our...

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Making a Dent

Making a Dent

“We don't have to be perfect saints or know every answer to every question to begin working for a more just world. We can be wounded or hesitant ourselves, sometimes profoundly so.” - Paul Loeb (author of  “The Impossible Will Take A Little While”) When dancers and...

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Compare Yourself Not

Compare Yourself Not

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be...

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