How do we even begin to cope with the change that each day brings, meeting our basic needs and fulfilling our deepest desires? How to find our voice, live creatively, connected to ourselves and each other? 

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Many of us have gotten lost in lives that don't give us what we need.

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Overwork, isolation, pinning our hopes on one star after another, mindless buying, addiction, and fighting: Yet our real needs remain unfulfilled.

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As cacti store water for arid times, we too have a place where sustenance and strength are stored. In touch with this part of us, we hear in ourselves the answers to questions we may not know we have.

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When we walk our inner landscape we find the hidden hurting places we've sought to fill with other things. Our mind quiets. We feel our grief.

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We stake a claim within. No longer seeking answers outside of us, we look inward and feel deeply. Can we fill the brokenness in ourselves with love and compassion?  

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We may not be accustomed to paying loving attention to our needs. With self-care, our mind quiets. We ground ourselves and reconnect with intelligence in our bodies and the natural world.

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How we treat ourselves and each other becomes the reflection by which we become accountable. We can choose who we want to be.