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  • Silence

    The world needs more silence. More quiet, more breaks, more breathing space. We rush from one thing to another, over-schedule and over-commit. Then we say that we don’t have enough time. We let our to do lists get too long, and we put equal weight on all the to dos. We get anxious, we feel like we’ve let ourselves down. We do it all over again. As we head into a new week, I’m reminding myself that silence is golden. I’m reminding myself to schedule quiet activities without external stimulation. I’m reminding myself to include buffer room in my day,… Read More


  • Sunday

    Sunday a day of rest often filled to the brim but we don’t have to live that way unwind Read More