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The Most Valuable Asset

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In James Radcliffe’s “Everything is Broken” blog, he talks about the Japanese philosophy of ‘Kintsugi’. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing cracked objects with gold. Objects that were deemed broken beyond repair; instead of being discarded or thrown away, gold, which is thought to be the most […]

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Together is Enough to Handle Anything

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The most valuable asset in the world is having people in your life who run towards you during a crisis. People who would drop everything at any time, no questions asked, to make a difference in your life for no other reason other than you need help. They […]

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The Beauty Within a Storm

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In a weird way, I wound up doing exactly what my soul already knew I would do, just in a way I never imagined.

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You Put Your Toe on the Line and You Fight Like Hell

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The days after talking with Adam when I felt I had had enough and the fight in me started to erode, I always referred back to the silent phone calls we shared and the message he conveyed - “You put your toe on the line and you fight like hell.”

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September 12th

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Never before had the words: United under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All. Ever had more meaning to me.

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