Oak Tree Notebook

How to Use Quiet to Your Advantage

by Sarah Ruth Wilson

Step into the depths with me. Find the calm waters under the torrent that rushes through the mind. It is a journey of miles and miles, facing the spate of beliefs and feelings and verdicts that mark the boundaries of our lives. Jump in with me each and every day. Crush the barriers of our own making created by desires for affirmation. Stop the...

February 13, 2019

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