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A weekend's plans are cancelled. Suddenly, you have a day or two of emptiness.
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Most, if not all, of us have chapters in our lives that feel like detours, or worse. A bad job, a nightmare relationship, a bout with drink, a regrettable move -- sometimes all at once!
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There is a practice called "so do I."It is not a defense of what others are doing by saying that I am doing it. It is merely an acknowledgement of the truth of our shared humanity.
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Much of the time, we are insane.
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While we use the word "surprise" in a couple of different senses, the particular sense I want to address today is that which presupposes an expectation that things would be other than they are.
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Who would I be if my life were a pure expression of my greatest and highest talents, pleasures, and contributions?
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Joseph Campbell wrote, "God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that."
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What if the entire Kosmos was made of a riparian ever-flowing fabric that was seamless and anything but featureless?
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It may be that you have experienced moments (or more) of great expansion.
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"You're such a tool."
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Many traditions contain the notion of "journey", generally, and "leave-taking", specifically.
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You've got to serve somebody, yes indeed.Bob Dylan, 1979
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Once we've both identified our areas of shame and brought enough self-compassion to those areas to actually be able to look at them, we can use them to guide us home to our Unique Selves.
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Once you have a clear idea of the chapters of your life story about which you still carry shame, you can begin to work with them.
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It would be good to be wise, right? We generally speak quite favorably of the wise and their distinctive virtue, wisdom.
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