Sense of Place

Tag: healing

  • The Big Bang Within

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, September 1, 2026 I am exploding, expanding outwards, becoming spacious after a dense contraction. There is space now to see the cold, dark rocks of adverse experiences and Weltschmerz. There is space, too, to see the fiery suns of passion and justice-seeking. There is space to see the myriad planets within,…

  • Mustn’t Forget

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    I mustn’t forget how nature heals. I mustn’t forget how the rushing river slows a heart that races and soothes the pain in my chest. I mustn’t forget how the smooth glide of the heron, and the clack of its ancient beak, stretches space and time, broadening my perspective when fear has made me myopic.…