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threshold, attention, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 threshold, attention, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 Ithaka by C. P. Cavafy Read More
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grief, ethics, not one not two, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 grief, ethics, not one not two, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Grief & Praise by Martin Prechtel Read More
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attention, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 attention, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Letters to a Young Poet / Letter 4 by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More
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ethics, threshold, relationship Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 ethics, threshold, relationship Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 Honorable Closure by Angeles Arrien Read More
attention, resilience, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 attention, resilience, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 D.H. Lawrence, “I must let things work themselves into being.” Read More
resilience, grief, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 resilience, grief, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye Read More
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imagination, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 imagination, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 Excerpt from “The Spirit of Quest” by D.M. Dooling Read More