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Category Archives: #TRUST30

Wholly Strange and New… Wholly ___!

Over the weekend I decided to start calling myself a “writer and author”. Based on past track record, apparently I did these things, making these labels factual and correct. But until 2 days ago, I did not consider myself either writer or author. When I was asked a vocational question, I would give a general [...]

Note to Self (5 years ago and 5 years from now)

Dear Jane5YEARSAGO: You’re not going to believe me now, when I tell you that you’re going to absolutely love the feeling of little arms grasping yours like you’re the most important person in this little human’s life, and actually, for a limited time, you WILL be. You’re not going to believe that you’d ever find [...]

Life Wants to Dance

Life wants to dance but asks you to pick the dance you want: would you stand at a safe distance and jiggle your arms and legs, would you hold life up close enough to feel its curves right up against yours, or would you be one of those that stand ruefully regretting never asking life [...]

If I Had Only 15 Minutes Left to Live

So it all boils down to 15 minutes to live. And the last conversation I’m having is with myself. I did “good”. I’m glad I was born. I’m grateful for this experience. And the whole time I thought I was searching for God, I was really searching for the experience of being alive, as myself, [...]