Category: Spiritual
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Letting Go (part 1)
Shedding is a natural part of life: plants shed sick or old leaves; reptiles shed old skin; mammals shed old hair. This shedding can be unsightly and maybe even a little unsettling, but it is often a necessary component of healthy growth. When it comes to our spiritual growth, the shedding of outdated habits, ideas,…
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Slow-and-Steady
One of my favorite short stories is Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare”. Like the Tortoise, I’ve often been called slow or even lazy because of the ease of pace that I do things at. But just as this story teaches us, I’ve learned that consistency and persistence will get you much further in…
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Forgiveness
It’s not easy to forgive others that have harmed or hurt us in some way. But I would be so bold as to say that not everyone deserves forgiveness. These are the people who take pleasure in seeing others suffer. The ones who go out of their way to cause grief and pain in someone…
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Discomfort
Many of the most beautiful things in life can only be acquired through largely uncomfortable processes. Things like incubating and birthing new life, getting a tattoo or piercing, or even just a new hairstyle. The process of growth is an especially uncomfortable one: as we morph and shed old skins; as we lay old selves…