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Like some of you, I have spent the last week viewing a split-screen of multiple, disparate realities. My nervous system is frayed from trying to hold both. I can feel how much effort it takes, not just for me, but for many of us, to stay present without shutting down and turning away. On one screen, I have been following the Walk for Peace - the group of Theravadan Venerable Monks who are on a 2,300-mile walk for Peace from Texas to Washington DC. Their rhythmic cadence and

For those who’ve experienced a significant loss, grief is like a base note. Sometimes loud and driving, sometimes fading into the background. But always there.

“We run from grief because loss scares us, yet our hearts reach toward grief because the broken parts want to mend.” Brene’ Brown My mended heart comes alive in this season of transition, remembering its broken parts with compassion and empathy. This tender and sacred time, in which I have lost some of my beloveds, is also a time of celebration - of courage, vulnerability and spirit. Late Saturday afternoon on Labor Day weekend while I was at the barn feeding horses, I receiv