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BALANCE
When we are children, balance is a playful game. It's a thrill to navigate along a wall or poise between two branches of a tree. It's an...
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chironokeefeauthor@centur
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
THE MESSAGE IS ALWAYS THE SAME
There's an old Zen saying I always loved, "Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." An...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
THERE IS A FOUNTAIN WITHIN YOU
Perhaps there were people who've made you feel small. People whose scorn, or sly looks, or not-quite-concealed smirks directed your way...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Feb 13, 2020
- 1 min
TRUST IN YOUR GROWTH
Sometimes it's just overwhelming. The enormity of what we long to be, in comparison to how little we believe ourselves to be. We build up...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Feb 13, 2020
- 2 min
CARVING A PATH
At eight years of age, I was transported (the usual way--via station wagon) to a magical land called, "Valley of Enchantment." This...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Dec 5, 2019
- 2 min
KIND HOLIDAYS
'Tis the season... I've always loved December. (Partly, admittedly, because it's my birthday month). Oh how those breathtaking seasonal...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Nov 18, 2019
- 3 min
ON MUSIC & EMPATHY
Tonight is music night, (yay!!) the eve on which we typically warm up the amps and rock the night away. So today I celebrate Music! Maya...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Oct 1, 2019
- 3 min
THE BRAVERY OF BEING YOURSELF
One of my biggest challenges in Bravery has been my lifelong quest to be my Self, fully and without apology. The rewards are obviously...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
PASSIONATE INTUITION
There's this snippet of a poem by William Wordsworth that floats around: Faith is a passionate intuition. It's slightly altered from the...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Jul 24, 2019
- 4 min
TO IGNORE OR NOT IGNORE
That is the question. To focus on or to withdraw attention from whatever situation is troubling us, whether it's connected to physical or...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Jun 29, 2019
- 2 min
PSA ON MANIPULATION
Dictionary definition: "Manipulation is the skillful handling, controlling or using of something or someone. ... But this word also has...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Jun 27, 2019
- 2 min
SELF AWARENESS IS SELF ACCEPTANCE
I still remember once decades ago when my first husband had invited an old friend to stay with us. This friend was a nice enough fellow...
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chironokeefeauthor
- Jun 9, 2018
- 1 min
Starfish
A while back I read a story of a lovely soul wandering up and down the beach, flinging starfish back into the sea. He recognized how they...
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