Have you ever had someone ask you “how do you know?” after having shared something with them, and struggled to answer their question? I have had this happen to me countless times. Sometimes I would realize that I don’t really know, teaching me to be more prudent with my speech, and to re-visit the ideas […]
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Many people were provoked by and/or resonated with the concepts shared in my previous article, The Courage of Conscience. This response, combined with the fact that the virtue for this month is Courage, has inspired me to continue this conversation about the courage of conscience, using the terms conscience, authenticity and morality interchangeably. One response
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In my last article, I ended with the notion of finding courage, tuning into our conscience and doing what is honorable. I’ve been sitting with that concept, realizing that in many ways, tuning into, and more specifically listening to, our conscience is probably a task that requires more courage than anything else in our lives.
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I had the most magical experience this morning as I walked my boys to school and then returned home. I have the privilege of being able to walk along a gorgeous lake, and this morning, the lake shared her majesty with us in ways I’ve not seen before. As the boys and I walked along,
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Frequently we hear the notion that letting go is “required to reduce stress,” “necessary to experience true joy,” “a key to enlightenment,” or some other enticing idea filled with importance. What does it really mean to let go? What is missing for us if we cannot let go? Trust? Faith? Confidence? Acceptance? Perhaps it’s
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