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Comfort Clothes
Every fall and many winter days I go outside in my Western Stockman Outback Duster for another adventure in the wild city of Manhattan. I got the coat 20 years ago during a visit to Australia, havin…
Tell Me Your World: Why Are Humans Drawn to Stories?
By Abraham Weitzman for Kidspirit's Storytelling and Narative Issue.
I have one grandparent, my Papa Dan. He tells my family stories all the time.
Most of his stories come from his decades of …
Putting Others First
Hindu Wisdom
Life consists of these little things, and it is by putting other people first every day in a thousand little acts of kindness that we make ourselves perfect in love.
— Eknath Easw…
A Meditation on Hope and Despair
In brainpickings.org, Maria Popova presents a soulful meditation and affirmation of Rebecca Solnit's revised 2016 edition of her collection of essays titled Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild …
Rituals of Our Lives
Unitarian Universalist Wisdom
From beginning to end, the rituals of our lives shape each hour, day, and year. . . . If you understand them, you may enrich them. In this way the habits of a lifeti…
Life as Uncharted Territory
Literary Wisdom
Life is uncharted territory.
It reveals its story one moment at a time.
— Leo Buscaglia, American author and motivational speaker
Ant, Meet Moon
By Julia Li for KidSpirit's Storytelling and Narrative Issue.
Author's Note: In the original Chang’E legend, Chang’E and her husband Houyi are immortals living in heaven. When the Jade Emp…
Mortality Is a Hot Topic Around the World
Bernard Crettaz, the Swiss creator of the "death cafe" movement, has decided that it is time for leadership to pass to the next generation. Ten years ago after the death of his wife, this popular so…
John Berger, R.I.P.
John Berger, a world-famous polymath — critic, artist, screenwriter, novelist, poet, dramatist, artist, commentator, and storyteller — died January 2, 2017, in the Paris suburb of Antony at the …
"S" is for Silence
“Silence is like a flame, you see?”
—Marcel Marceau
As a lover of words, I wonder why I am so drawn to the wordless worlds of music and dance and art. And then, there is mime, that p…
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