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Finding Hope in Trying Times

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Growing up, as a child of the '60s, peace, love and harmony were the words being chanted by the hippies, flower children and all who questioned authority and were against the Vietnam War. I remember thinking how I couldn't wait to grow up. I knew in my young mind, it was only a matter of time before these youthful [...]
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The Path to Peace is in the Present

When I was in Sedona, AZ, about a year ago, I was reminded of an interview I read with travel journalist and chef Anthony Bourdain. He said that he no longer takes photographs when he travels, as he is inevitably disappointed by how poorly they capture his experience. I had been treated to a stay at an incredible spa nestled [...]
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Retreats prepare you for life

There is a human instinct, some call it a divine nudge, which leads a person to interrupt the unforgiving daily grind with some gentle time away. Most often the call begins, “I’m not sure why I’m calling, but I’m looking for some quiet.” I’m the associate director of the Benedictine Retreat Center in Maplewood, MN, and [...]
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Generating Stillness Amidst Chaos

As I write this I feel like I am standing in a doorway, swaying back and forth between the old habitual sensations and a new clarity that is so clear I don't even know it is there. There is the violence and chaos, but there is also this stillness. The stillness is so pristine that if my antenna is [...]
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Simple Steps to Your Peace

Understand that everyone experiences stress to some degree. For each of us, it is different. What triggers my stress certainly doesn't trigger my child in the same way. The stresses of my parents are not the same as mine. The best part is that we have this beautiful built-in warning system when there is too much stress in [...]
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Moving toward Peace

You may have heard the saying, "world peace begins at home," but what does that mean to you personally? To me, this means first looking within ourselves for answers.Leo Tolstoy wrote, many years ago, "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." People tend to look furthest away from themselves [...]
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