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  "Kindness doesn’t end when it’s received. It changes hands."I heard someone say that our resting place is kindness. That idea stayed with me. I think because I want to believe it’s true. That underneath everything, there is more kindness in people than we...

  “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it.”Watching the Water I’ve spent a lot of time trying to move the rocks in the river. I remember when I was young standing...

“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”A Stick Worth Celebrating I saw a video of a golden retriever, and it reminded me of my golden, Wrigley. He left us a few years ago. I watched as he celebrated a stick like it was the greatest discovery in the world, tail...

“What would life be like if we had no courage to attempt anything?”Just Begin Sometimes the hardest part of writing isn’t the words. It’s the blank page. The wide, white space that feels overwhelming — as if whatever I put down should be meaningful. Thoughtful. Worthy...

  We are all carried by a current, each of us traveling a different distance.The Shape of Choice A reflection on roots, choice, and different ways of belonging Some people move through life by moving through places—state to state, country to country—building...

  Stillness is not the absence of change, but the place where it becomes visible.Reflection   Sometimes growth doesn’t come from pushing past what’s comfortable, but from becoming still long enough to notice what is already shifting.   I picture a river...