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    Living the Questions

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    Woman with questioning face wonders about sound of silence. mind reading. living the questions

    Living the Questions What Jane Goodall, Rumi, and Rilke taught me about aging, illness, and letting go of certaintyJane Goodall, who died last fall at 91, once said...

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    Ardis Mayo
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    Illness Through a Dog’s Eyes

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    dekker sleepinig, during illness, retirement retirement

    What Love Looks Like When Healing Is Slow Woof woof, friends,Something shifted in the house a couple of weeks ago—before anyone said a word.Illness has a way of…

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    Illness as a Spiritual Practice

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    Doctor with crossed arms delivering a difficult diagnosis; illness

    Illness  as a spiritual practice? I would rather not think so... I’ve written a number of reflections over the years about spiritual practice as it appears in daily…

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    Spiritual Reflections on Illness and Aging

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    aging and illness, aging gracefully

    After avoiding the illness that changed the world, I finally experienced firsthand the effects of COVID-19 in my own body. Following are reflections on the gifts of that…

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    Why I Will Not Fight Illness

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    old lady who can claim agency lifting her hand to say stop, saying no

    Long ago, I decided not to fight illness anymore. I have more adventurous things to do that don’t leave much time or energy for fighting a battle. One…

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