“We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive. Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.” - Thich Nhat Hanh in Peace is Every Step June 2011, what a month it has been for me! Sitting in front of my computer, surrounded by my boys and husband, the last four weeks seem quite surreal; incredibly wonderful but so very
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