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by Daniel Sonderling

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Irish coins built into the countertop. Astonishing. https://www.instagram.com/p/CdwKJtRJUxg/ Bunny! https://www.instagram.com/p/CdwJ9LsJreQ/ Gorgeous sunset after crossing states to see Neil Gaiman live in Cleveland. So grateful for the chance to travel and live safely again, above all grateful for a magical human who makes the world better with good art and kindliness. And boy, this is a big town. #cleveland #neilgaiman #books #sunset Beautiful subject with a terrible photographer. The composition isn't good, I just loved something about the color and the hopeful tree reaching upward to the rainclouds. Spring rain is always a very special thing. #spring #rain #trees No filter for this beauty. Happy Spring! #spring #trees #flowers #spring #flower #flowers #nature I think these were cirrus clouds? Been a while since high school. #clouds #sky #blue

Tag: Life Lessons

Light Under The Door
Life

Light Under The Door

You wake and realize that you’re stuck in a dark room. You cling tightly to a broken plate whose edges … Continue reading Light Under The Door

Don’t Outsource Your Cape
Life

Don’t Outsource Your Cape

I think that the greatest teachers help make us wise, showing us how to learn for ourselves. To adapt a … Continue reading Don’t Outsource Your Cape

Talking to Ghosts
Grief, Inspirational

Talking to Ghosts

Please remember always that you matter, you count, and that your quiet, good life and unseen kind acts and unheard kind words contain more power and magic than petty kings and conquerors could dream of. Continue reading Talking to Ghosts

No Regrets!
Inspirational

No Regrets!

I’ve been thinking a lot about regret lately. We often spend sleepless nights over “if only’s,” only to forget that … Continue reading No Regrets!

Lessons in Cynical Optimism (Vol. XLIII)
Life Lessons

Lessons in Cynical Optimism (Vol. XLIII)

It is strange, but the older I get, the less interested I am in the cardboard heroes and the more interested I am in the cowards who try hard to be brave, or the cruel people who strive to be kind, or the liars who try to speak more honestly, or the lazy people who try to exert themselves, or the ignorant people who try to educate themselves, or… Continue reading Lessons in Cynical Optimism (Vol. XLIII)

Putting the “I” Back In “We”
Spirituality

Putting the “I” Back In “We”

It is right and good that I am Me and You are You (for a little while). We just need to remember that the goal is to also get to WE. Continue reading Putting the “I” Back In “We”

A Letter to My White Community
Justice, Life Lessons, Society

A Letter to My White Community

***DEAR WHITE FAMILY,*** My heart is very full after days and dozens of conversations and I have to address a … Continue reading A Letter to My White Community

The Party (A Parable)
Inspirational, Life Lessons, Parables

The Party (A Parable)

I once saw someone on Quora asking what the point of life was if it all ends at death, and I was moved to write this little parable about my own journey. I’m resharing it here because I hope it can help a few other people wrestling with these things, especially now. Continue reading The Party (A Parable)

Make the Dark Small
Grief, Inspirational, Life Lessons, Loss, Uncategorized

Make the Dark Small

“When I woke up and the dark wasn’t gone yet, and the dark seemed so big, then she sang soft … Continue reading Make the Dark Small

The Two-Way Street of Tolerance
Uncategorized

The Two-Way Street of Tolerance

The world is ending, you’re all bored out of your minds, so let’s get INSANELY and UNCOMFORTABLY PERSONAL! And let’s … Continue reading The Two-Way Street of Tolerance

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