why i sit

By Danette Adams | May 20, 2020 |

  I sit. Intentionally. In silence.     It is certainly not because I’m a calm, balanced person who lives devoutly among the pure and the pious. Nor it is because I exude self-discipline. Far from it. Sitting started out simply as my way to overcome the overwhelm, to quell the tsunami of thoughts and…

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convenient half-truths

By Danette Adams | December 27, 2015 |

I can create such incredible fiction when things go sideways. I can’t do anything Presumed powerlessness is occasionally still my small and misguided reaction to the prevailing winds of life. When I perceive that I’m trapped in a moment or in a life choice, I’m not. That is just a story. I can choose to…

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