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Oranges and Fried Eggs

In the last few months I experienced one of my most significant Life Reentries to date.  I taught myself self care for the first time.  It started with exercise, then it moved to food choices, to my work, my routine, and it landed me on my childhood dream. This journey had many blind spots and I could only see a couple of days ahead.  I…
Christina
August 6, 2021
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Running Naked in The Streets

It is a deliverance of self to break free from serving a life that doesn’t give us an inner autonomy. I recently experienced such a thing.  I delivered myself to myself, finally.  What that entails cannot be explained in simple terms.  It is a form of redemption that can only reign after we overstay our old worlds.  In pain. In deep sorrow.  Deep relentless inner…
Christina
July 30, 2021
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The Brakeless Bike

Imagine that you had a bike with no brakes. You just used your feet when you had to slow it down. You never even questioned why your bike came without brakes, you just rode it. Figuring out along the way how to keep yourself safe. You lived your whole life with this bike and one day someone asked you to take theirs down the street…
Christina
July 23, 2021
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The Field of Ghostly Winds

I have been changing things up in my life lately and I was reminded of the extreme discomfort change brings along with it.  It feels like you are standing in the middle of a field with high winds coming at you from all directions. The winds are like loud voices screaming at you to get off the field.  Expectations. Beliefs. Doubts. Old self.  The Past.…
Christina
July 9, 2021
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The First Scratch

Everyone says that love is the most important emotion of all.  It has been documented forever.  After all, literature and poetry over centuries captured the feeling of love.  Like the most famous celebrity.  The Queen of all emotions.  But what if the most profound feeling of our existence is not love, but loss.  And it never got the fame love did. It has been hidden.…
Christina
July 2, 2021
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A Quick Stroll Along My 49 Year Old Life

Today I decided to share a little more about my life.  There are so many new readers who joined the Friday Letter Subscription that I think it's important to tell you about my journey here.  My name is Christina Rasmussen and 49 years ago I was born in Greece in a small town called Volos. When I was growing up, there was definitely an inner…
Christina
June 25, 2021
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