A bird was lying on his back in the road with his feet in the air. A horse saw him and asked, “What’re you doing?” The sparrow said, “I’m helping hold back the darkness.” The horse sneered and said, “Yeah, right,” and the sparrow said, “One does what one can.” 
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Episode 85: Kathleen St. Ours
Practice You
On resilience through harrowing childhood assault, sharing pain as a service to others and the medicine of the story.
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On resilience through harrowing childhood assault, sharing pain as a service to others and the medicine of the story.
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