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What’s Your Conversational Legacy?
“Melissa, someone could become enlightened watching a piece of trash roll past them.” These were the provocative words of the guiding teacher at the meditation center where I practice. At the time, his words felt a bit irreverent, but they lingered with me. My fourth-grade teacher was the first to say, “Melissa, you have a…
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Across the Bridge of Self Reflection
One of the most profound gifts of insight I have received in this lifetime came through a 26-year career in picture framing. Day after day, each design session revealed the same truth. A single work of art could be seen and experienced differently based entirely on the colors and textures you surrounded it with. And…
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GOOD goodbye
I suppose we need to talk about the elephant in the room… YOU.logy Why have a name that is naturally associated with death? The answer is both personal and universal. Death arrived as an early teacher in my life, and it has remained a steadfast advisor. In fact, endings in general, have been potent catalysts…
