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Huddled against each other

She lined up against the railing listening to the seals moan and groan, saying what they say each other. They were massive and much louder then she’d thought they be. Some of them had scabs on their backs, some were…

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The Gatekeepers of Humanity

There is a common tendency  to criticize the nature of sensitive people, as if their demeanour is some sort of plithe that makes them weak, or diminishes their value in this world that often demands us to be hard. Maybe…

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Calling all teachers

Have you ever been in a position where someone had something of value to teach you and you were interested, but the person was so focused on what they  had to teach that they were clueless on your level of…

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How does the light get in?

The whole L.A. Clippers, Donald Sterling fiasco set the stage for some interesting conversations 2 weeks ago. I’m totally late publishing this post but I’m going ahead and sharing anyway. In a few different conversations with friends, of different backgrounds,…

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Stacking up with open hearts

Loyalty isn’t getting away with things when no one is looking.  Loyalty isn’t other people’s standards, or what others will think, or what society labels is right or wrong. Loyalty isn’t defined externally, by anyone. Loyalty, is choosing what is…

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To be sorry

This is so beautiful! “Sorry. Sorry means you feel the pulse of other people’s pain as well as your own, and saying it means you take a share of it. And so it binds us together, makes us trodden and…

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pulse

              Special dedication to good man who houses, within him, a beautiful heart. I wanted to protect her. Keeping her smile intact mattered more to me than putting her on my shelf. It was…

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Restitution

I’m sorry, he said I need you to know this, how deeply sorry I am. and he told her the truth. All of it. The beautiful and ugly, he told her the human truth and he set her free. I…

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