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5 Easy Ways to Start Exploring Your Spirituality journal Oct 11, 2023

 I like to define spirituality as being a way of connecting to the center of our being. Exploring spirituality, thus means exploring your self and finding a way to reconnect with who you truly...

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The Wait, Patience, and Joy journal serafina slowing down Sep 20, 2023

On May 6. 2022, I was on a ferry from Malta to Gozo. It was then I learned about the book All Four Engines Have Failed by Betty Tootell. A true story, that occured in 1982, of an aircraft flying...

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The Wild & Naked Tree journal pipaluk tree magic Sep 13, 2023

The tree has a big eye inside of it. Laying in bed for days on end, staring at the winter landscape outside as I nursed my baby, the tree became like the clouds on a day where the wind barely...

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Fall Love fall journal letter seasons serafina stars & seasons Sep 06, 2023

Dear Fall,

I am so happy that you are (almost) finally back. Summer has been very hot and I’m so excited for you to bring me some cooler days.

I loved your first check-in of the year. You...

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Do You Know Yourself? journal pipaluk Aug 30, 2023

She slips through my fingers like memories made of sand.

Know thyself, and you shall know all the universe.

Gnothi seauton...

Sometimes I feel like I can grasp her. She's a collector, a writer....

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Gratitude & Appreciation Practice gratitude journal mindfulness practice serafina Aug 23, 2023

Here is a fun little gratitude practice that you can do with a friend, a sibling, a parent, or anyone else who is willing. I used to do this with my mom when I was living far away from home. Some...

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Pattern Interrupt journal lifestyle pipaluk Aug 16, 2023

The mind can stay youthful, curious, slowing time down to a manageable pace even as we grow old. Time is flexible, like a rubber band, we can slowly pull it back and forth or we can let it go and...

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A Story of Real Magic journal pipaluk practical magic Aug 09, 2023

I noticed him long before we were even at our gate. His green backpack was torn and he alternated between ackwardly holding it in front of him and carrying it on his back. Anyone with just a little...

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Ode to Love and Magic journal pipaluk poetry Aug 02, 2023

Love, like magic, is the source of many a ballad, and story. Poetry and art tries to grasp at what the mind cannot, thereby creating great works of great emotion.

We come to these works only to...

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The Cave Of Stars cave journal pipaluk poetry stars Jul 19, 2023

There is a cave of stars

Within it I feel safe

Within I light my fire

And sleep in silent grace

Within are all the stars

Of heavens taking flight

Within it I see soaring

All creatures of the night

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Compassionate Driving journal lifestyle mindfulness serafina slowing down Jul 12, 2023

You are running late. You jump into the car, stressed and anxious. You have to make the appointment on time. You leave the driveway, and it’s looking good. You turn another corner, and the...

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An Unusual Way To Sleep journal lifestyle pipaluk Jun 28, 2023

At first it hurts to put your body in this position. You have to stretch a bit, crack some bones and unwind some muscle. You wiggle in bed, scooching left and right with your hips, foot soles...

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