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“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” ~ Dolly Parton There are celebrity deaths that make you sad because you loved the music, the movies, or the memories attached to them. Then there are people whose passing feels like we lost something bigger. Dolly Parton feels bigger. Maybe because she was one of those increasingly rare people who seemed to belong to everybody without ever changing herself to belong to anybody. Years ago, I listened to the podcast Dolly Parton’s Am

Spring has returned. The Earth feels different. There is a softness to it. A quiet awakening. As if everything is remembering something it already knew. Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, “Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.” There is something deeply powerful in that image. A child does not question what it knows. A child recites with instinct, with rhythm, with trust. There is no hesitation. No overthinking. Just a natural expression of something he

“Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.” – Dr. Jane Goodall When we pause to...

"Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority." — Ralph Waldo Emerson In the rush of responsibilities, it’s easy to...