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It’s not that the other days have been bad, but…
What a difference twenty-four hours can make. After yet another sleepless night (crazy talk, I tell you), I spend the early hours taking walks around the ward. I noticed that my pain level had dropped,...
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At this time of year many of us naturally pause to take stock of all that we have in our lives, yet sometimes the joy of the season is veiled by family conflict, loneliness and grief. Yesterday was...
View ArticleIntegration: Post Transplant Life Eight Months On
It’s hard to believe it has been eight months since my life changing operation; on September 26, 2013 I was given a second chance at life after receiving a liver transplant. Every day I thank God to...
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Remembering Goodness
PYS II:33 Vitarka badhane pratipaksha bhavanam “When disturbed by disturbing thoughts, think the opposite.” We all communicate in a variety of ways throughout our day with differing levels of...
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Passages
I recently took a trip down memory lane in the form of a trip to Amsterdam, a city I called home for a tumultuous and transformative seven years of my life. Included in the trip was a visit to my...
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Introducing….the Survivors Club
It has been three years to the day that I had a liver transplant. This day will forever be imbued with meaning for me, and around this time of year there is always pause for celebration and...
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The Magic Ten and Beyond ii, by Sharon Gannon
abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyāṁ tan nirodhah “The cessation of all vrittis, of all thinking and modifications of the mindstuff, is brought about by persistent inner practice of Self-abidance, abiding in the...
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Beyond Greatness
A memory of my five year old self exists, sitting in my mother’s giant eggshell yellow Pontiac station wagon on the way home one day from kindergarten. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” my...
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Happy Beginning Again.
I used to love New Year’s Eve. It was chance to put the challenges of the past year behind me and recommence life with renewed energy and commitment. After only a few weeks though, the bleakness of...
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Standing in the face of change
A childhood memory: It’s 3am, pitch black and freezing outside. A few of us huddle together in my aunt’s barn, blankets around our shoulders and holding cups of no-longer-hot cocoa. The lanterns...
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