All posts tagged: authenticity

You do not have to be good …

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Awareness / Dogs / Living Authentically / The Human Condition

Living with a dog is a humbling experience. They are so keenly observant, remarkably intuitive, decisive, affectionate, present in every moment, protective of their people, and, my favorite … utterly thrilled to be alive. Who of us can claim anything even close? I live in something like the Subaru commercial poignantly featuring a family with their dog in three different life stages. Although the ad aired some years back, even now just thinking about it […]

It Creeps in like the Tide …

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Living Authentically

The acrid smell of diesel fuel stung my nose, jarring me awake. I was cold beyond shivering, bound in some kind of tight suit, confused and feeling nothing. I was numb, a block of stone covered in snow.  Then I noticed the crystalline sky above the mounds of puffy clouds in shades of bluish gray. The stars were bright, beautiful and I sighed in relief. It was over. “If this is the end of my […]