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Relationships are like plants...

I like to think of relationships as plants. It helps me cultivate patience in this fast-paced digital world in which we start freaking out when people don't respond to our texts within hours. New relationships are like little seeds; they…
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Life Changing, Awe Inspiring...

There have been a handful of experiences in my life that I would consider life-changing on many levels; graduating high school, falling in love, moving away from my home town, just to name a few. But none have been quite like the experience…
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Wisely Selfish

In my last entry, I used a phrase that I stumbled across a few years ago while I was traveling in Northern India – “wisely selfish”. This phrase, coined by the Dalai Lama, refers to an ancient teaching that suggests that “one’s…
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The Message of Massage

As the sun crept up the flanks of the surrounding 20,000 foot, snow-capped peaks, I approached the line of villagers that snaked around the small rural medical clinic in Central Tibet. It was my responsibility to talk to the would-be patients…