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art

When Did We Lose Our Dreams?

You are always ready to dig deeper, to do that art project, to quit your job and go hiking for six months, to move across the country, to apologize to your beau, to call your estranged parent, to kiss your crush, to dance in public, to read your poems, to start that habit, to ask that person to  ...

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wisdom

The Unquenchable Magic Of My Dreams Of Failure.

Perhaps my fascination with the Ivies is down to the fact that as I matured and worked outside the academy, I realized that the attraction of Ivy League networking is that one likely gets, there, the most holla for one's dollar in terms of tuition. Since I've left, I myself no longer have  ...

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poetry

The Magic Hat. {poetry}

The path to the box was cluttered with dreams. Boxes of trophies, and thin skinny jeans. Also bags under eyes, and grandma’s old quilts And other reminders of all her past guilts.

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you & me

I Am Who I Am Because Of You.

So, no, you didn’t teach me everything, but you sure as hell taught me a lot. You taught me what it’s like to fight, and what I should be fighting for. You taught me what Saturday afternoons in love should be like. You taught me what midnights should feel like. And you taught me what waking up  ...

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happiness

How Meditating On My Death Changed My Life.

I kept seeing my life from a backwards perspective, one of being at the end of my days and looking at the line of my life. Was it of value? Was I of value? Did the people I love know that I loved them? Did I spend enough time with them, showing them that love? Did I contribute anything to the  ...

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world

Mining For Dreams Through Bivocational Ministry.

One of the benefits of not being paid for the work that I do with the church is that it affords me a level of freedom to speak without worrying about whether I will defend someone's pocketbook. I do struggle with finding the time to meet with people between work and life’s responsibilities, but I do.

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world

Rebirthing Balance: International Women’s Day.

We must raise our world, borne of the Earth, created equally by both women and men from the seeds planted in our collective imaginations eons ago and rooted so firmly into our humanity as to have taken hold deep within our intuition. Care for our creation is the responsibility we share. I  ...

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