If We All Wore Our Sins on Our Shirts
About six months ago I rewatched The Scarlet Letter. The Demi Moore one. And even as I was sitting there, halfway paying attention and halfway judging the costumes,…
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Why Small Gifts Matter More Than Big Systems
Given the focus of my work over the last two years, I’ve been thinking a lot about how people relate to each other through the exchange of…
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Why So Many of Us Feel Like We’re Performing Instead of Living
Some days I catch myself moving through the hours like I’m in somebody else’s body. Sort of like I’m borrowing a life because I misplaced my own;…
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What Life? I Ain’t Got No Life.
I was rewatching The Revenant today, mostly because sometimes you just need a little TOM HARDY. But there was a line I had forgotten about. One of…
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Why Buying Nothing Is Suddenly Cool Again
I’ve been watching this whole buy-nothing trend slip into the mainstream lately. It’s funny, in a way. We’ve somehow managed to make being broke fashionable. LOL. You…
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The Woman at the Well (Spoiler Alert; It’s You)
I just realized that I’m the Samaritan woman at the well. Or basically in a similar situation. If we use her as an archetype, her story becomes…
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Going Far Together
Someone once said: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others. I really love this saying. It has…
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The Lanterns
There’s a little neighborhood not too far from where I live, the sort of place you miss if you blink or if your car radio is turned…
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I Am Changed
I am changed. It’s a very simple statement really, but not at all simplistic. Sometimes when a person becomes too comfortable in what they have and who…
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So, Be a Survivor
What happens when life kicks you so hard that you’re not sure if you can get back up? I remember seeing something years ago; one of those…