Currents February 2023
Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony. Dalai Lama XIV I recently stepped outside of my comfort zone when I was asked to direct a volunteer choir. While I…
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See Through
(Lead image – Photo credit: Joeyy Lee, via Unsplash) One of the required courses for my undergraduate degree was called “Death and Dying.” “Lovely,” I thought. “No better way to…
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Listen, Learn, Light, Love
Our tenet this month, “We are each unique and innately worthy of respect,” is an easy concept to accept, but can sometimes be difficult to apply to each and every…
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Unique, Valued, and Worthy
Every year on New Year’s Eve, I watch The Lord of the Rings series. Following the car accident that nearly took my life last year, my body is still weak,…
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On Roots and Rivers
If you look the right way you can see that the whole world is a garden. Frances Hodges Burnett We live, my husband and I, in a cozy neighborhood at…
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Our Cracks Make Us Real
Belonging. A core yearning of the human soul. In 2008, while researching for my graduate studies, I learned about Self-Determination Theory. Edward Deci and Richard Ryan explain that one of…
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