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A fool’s journey

Posted on September 5, 2013 by amindfullife

By David Whyte In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the new day … Continue reading →

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Double, double toil and trouble

Posted on February 12, 2013 by amindfullife

“Boil thou first in the charmed pot. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.” “Fair is foul and foul is fair.” (the witches of Shakespeare’s Macbeth) Once again today my class met and found itself engaged with … Continue reading →

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Getting out of the way

Posted on December 14, 2012 by amindfullife

It’s taken me a while to get back to writing a new post, even as my mind and heart is preoccupied, my commitment to this blog writing demands that I not abandon it, to just write, no matter how imperfect. … Continue reading →

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The day your worst fear is true!

Posted on September 5, 2012 by amindfullife

Each day demands that we show up with courage and humility, for it may start off well and end up in a completely different place.  One that we could not even have imagined and we may have little control over … Continue reading →

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