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al hours searching my heart
and mind for something that is authentically me to
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ancient parable about a Tibetan monk that I believe is
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appropriate to this month’s theme of children’s health.
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Linda Sechrist The monk was reading in his tent when a hungry tiger entered. The rational monk
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noticed next to him, growing out of the side of the cliff, one perfect, sweet, red
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Children are wondrous gifts to our world. Caught up in the present, they are quick
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ponder the innate wisdom of their ways, we too can enjoy the sweetness. Children
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