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. Lessons I Learned as a Retreat Guest The most important part of a retreat sometimes begins after it’s over When I first started going on retreats, I assumed the retreat ended when everyone hugged goodbye, exchanged email addresses they fully intended to use, and wheeled their suitcases towards the cars. The official programme was …


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If you’ve ever wandered through an old European town, you’ll know that some of the most beautiful buildings have lived several lives. A medieval merchant’s house becomes a bookshop. A monastery becomes a hotel. An old barn, with weathered beams and stone walls polished by centuries of hands, becomes a family home. You can still …


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What a herd of small horses taught me about my worth There is a particular kind of guilt that only strikes you while doing absolutely nothing, and I would like to report that I have perfected it. Lying in a hammock. Reading a novel at two in the afternoon on a Tuesday. Watching Loki doze …


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. When we think of courage, we tend to appreciate dramatic events. We picture firefighters running into burning buildings. Mountain climbers battling the elements. Athletes pushing through pain. Explorers setting sail towards distant horizons. Courage, we assume, is loud. It arrives with fanfare, newspaper headlines and standing ovations. Yet I suspect the greatest acts of …

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. Lessons I Learned as a Retreat Guest When I think back to the retreats I’ve attended over the years, I remember the beautiful walks, the interesting conversations or the moments of quiet that somehow made the world feel a little less complicated. But what I remember most vividly is how I felt before I …


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