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Continue reading →: Stroll Nine: GRATITUDEIntroduction :Time spent in gardens like these, surrounded by the richness and beauty of the natural world, has a way of unlocking gratitude within us. Today’s stroll invites you to give thanks for even the smallest-seeming blessings and to consider how you might practice and express gratitude in your daily…
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Continue reading →: Fake FendiAs a young black girl growing up in the 90s, I was heavily into the HBO series Sex and the City. Sex and the City was a show that I religiously watched and thoroughly enjoyed. However, surprisingly, amongst my peers, I never talked or shared my love for the show.…
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Continue reading →: Stroll Eight: FORGIVENESSStroll Eight: Forgiveness Every May, this garden’s azalea shrubs forgive the freezing temperatures and icy winds of the recent winter and bloom in vivid color. For humans, of course, the process of releasing the anger and resentment we may feel for what we’ve had to endure can be far more…
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Continue reading →: Stroll Seven: TRUSTHonestly, the connections that have felt natural, inevitable, and bountiful have been my friendships and work associates. I feel that this is the case because in those spaces, I can be myself without the need to have my guard up.
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Continue reading →: America Incorporated.Society has given man the power to feel like they are god. Able to close doors on people or prevent opportunities. However, I realized that I do not worship man. Therefore, he is not my god. I am god to myself, and as long as I believe that GOD is…
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Continue reading →: Stroll Six: JOURNEYStroll Six: JOURNEY As the adage goes, Life is a journey, not a destination. We cannot always set our own course, but we can choose to look for meaning and joy along the way. This stroll invites you to reflect on your life’s journey – both the big picture and the…
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Continue reading →: Stroll Five: CONNECTIONStroll Five: CONNECTION Personal journal note: I’m looking forward to the new whatever that may be. Many is not himself only… He is all that he sees; all that flows to him from a thousand sources … He is the land, the lift of its mountain lines, the reach of…
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Continue reading →: Stroll Four: TRANSITIONStroll Four: Transition In nature, every moment is new; the past is always swallowed and forgotten; the coming only is sacred. Nothing is secure but life, transition, and the energizing spirit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher PAUSE 1You may have embarked upon these strolls because you are experiencing a transition…
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Continue reading →: Stroll Three: REFLECTIONThe main quote at the beginning of the reflection section of the journal reads “The unexamined life is not worth living”. – Socrates, philosopher This quote resonated with me because I absolutely believe that it’s true. What’s the point of living if we don’t examine how we live? Study it,…
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Continue reading →: Stroll Two: POSSIBILITY“The stresses and traumas of our lives can feel suffocating, constraining. Yet possibilities exist in each moment of our lives, even when we cannot easily see them. This stroll invites you to connect with your imagination and open yourself to these possibilities”. (McCaffrey, Ruth DNP, FAAN. “Strolls for Well-Being at…
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I’m Antoinette
I am a girl who dreams of freedom, always have. Expressing my truth through the mediums of poetry and writing has always been necessary to my existence. I have needed long hours where I am in solitude and in nature to process my thoughts and to unlock my creative stream of consciousness.
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