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Integrity and the Self Allison Daugila How do I continue to know myself when the world just lost what was its own identity? The ahamkara of the planet has just…

Perseverance, by Group Dear Corona Virus, Thanks to you, my life in the foreseeable future is canceled. Since due to mandatory social isolation I have no activities to go to…

Grace, by Matteo Schlitz To walk this path with grace: It was only four years ago that, when watching my grandfather’s ashes be poured into the Indian Ocean, an extended…

Desire, by Kim Cihlar Desire. There are desires we have as humans that are essential: the desire to have, to need, to want to eat, to breathe, to be enveloped…

Faith, by Andria Alefhi Disability is like a rerouted flight to a different country. You packed your bags to go to Holland, but your plane went to Italy instead. It’s…

Contentment in Hindsight, by S V I agree that contentment is a worthy goal. I want to feel content and find contentment in the small and large moments of my…

Magic, By Aman Singh “Magic. Magic, they say. Magic is what we could have been. Magic was the potential we sighed out of our bodies. Magic, because we went so…

Prosperity, By Hendley Badcock I’m seeing the darker, double-sided nature of prosperity—the counter to all that’s prolific or profitable; the side that breeds imposter syndrome in some, isolation in others.…

Interdependence, By Suzanne Present Since I’m sitting in a yoga studio, I’ll write about how I first got into yoga. As with most of my life changing experiences, it came…