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Langston Hughes (February 1), Rosa Parks (February 4), Bob Marley (February 6), Laura Ingalls Wilder, Charles Dickens (February 7), Alice Walker (February 9), Thomas Edison (February 11), Judy Blume, ...

It’s a practical concern, in a way: we can only process as much as we know how to process. If we seek to avoid discomfort, we may not even try to process. If we long to cling to the island of “good ...

The women choosing the bear debate that came to light in 2024 may have taken a back seat to some other controversial debates, but it certainly hasn’t disappeared. It’s been simmering quietly in the ...

As a new year rolled into our lives on January 1st, 2026, I was feelin’ what a lot of other folks were saying: It’s impossible that 2006 was 20 years ago. Nopeity, nope, nope, nope. This is not right.

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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, ...

It’s better to take our time than trade a job well done for hasty speediness. Busy can be good! Chaos can be delightful (and hard on our egos). But busy-ness…not so much—and our never-ending quest for ...

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence. To understand the true nature of the universe, ...

In one of the stamens of the flower of the world is Pemako in the shape of Vajra Yogini lying down. Outer, inner and secret levels correspond to the levels of the mind. In the secret chakra of Vajra ...

She was done not fully being herself. She realized she was the only self she could be—and not being unapologetically true to herself was a disservice to her soul and the world. She was done listening ...