Living a Meaningful Life

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Prayers for my unborn child
I hope one day you know what it is to dance with abandon, to have a friend who you can laugh with, to pray, to have heartache. I hope...
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Manifest a baby
Manifest a baby
People keep wanting me to manifest a baby. Like I can just dream it into being. Just like I can stop the rain from falling from the sky. No wait. I can’t stop the rain from...
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Let It Go
Let It Go, by Danna Faulds
Let go of the ways you thought lifewould unfold; the holding of plansor dreams or expectations – Let itall go. Save your strength to swimwith the tide. The choice to fight what is...
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I worried
I worried, by Mary Oliver
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the riversflow in the right direction, will the earth turnas it was taught, and if not how shallI correct it?Was I right, was I wrong, will...
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Buddhism is not left wing (nor is it right wing)
Buddhism is the path of the middle way. The Buddha walked away from a life of material luxury to find the answer to the question of human suffering. He then took part in strict austerities....
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Spiritual poems
Please call me by my true names
by Thich Nhat Hanh   Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow —even today I am still arriving.   Look deeply: every second I am arrivingto be a bud on a Spring branch,to be a tiny...
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Nelson Mandela

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ABOUT ME

Wonderer & wanderer

Life has taken me to many different places, yet the one question that is constant in my life is how to live in a meaningful way. How to live with purpose. How to live so that when I die, I’ll be able to say I lived well. This website is my attempt to communicate all I have learned on this topic; all that inspires me and all I know.

I'd love to hear from you

Whether you’re curious about living a meaningful life or already on the path, I love hearing your experience and insight.