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Courage

What Helps Us Return

On Presence, Dehumanization, and Remaining Human in Polarized Times by Chuck Craytor What happens when fear, rage, humiliation, loneliness, and the longing to belong go

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A Place to Stand

On listening, belonging, and finding a voice in polarized times Recently, I listened to a two-hour interview between Tucker Carlson and his brother. This is

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Hope

Departure

I first wrote Departure nearly 30 years ago and have recently returned to refine it. I’m sharing it again here as the opening piece of

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Resiliency

Confluence

Decay,and the insistence of growth. Roots crossing,not asking permission—only time. This ground holds what has been,and waits for what I am becoming. I stand here

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Mindfulness

In This Quiet

In This Quiet by Chuck Craytor I breathe into the stillness,where thoughts drift like leaves on waterand the current carries what I no longer need.

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Mindfulness

Meditations on Peace

This moment of calm, a breath inside my chest, stone resting in stream. —– Children of Gaza, where can peace take root for you? Dust

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