Join the Conversation<\/h1>\n[\/nectar_highlighted_text][vc_column_text]This is a welcoming space where you can find resources to help with challenges you are facing, join a community of seekers at different points in their own journeys, and express yourself about whatever is on your mind.\u00a0I encourage you to share expressions of your creativity and inner strength in whatever form that may take, whether it\u2019s leaving a comment, posting a verse or sharing songs, art or other inspirations.<\/p>\n

You can be your true self here, free of the external image that you may feel pressure to present to the world. I ask that you be kind and respectful of one another and appreciate the unique gifts that we are all blessed to bring into this world.<\/p>\n

With love,<\/p>\n

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Art<\/h4>\n[\/fancy_box][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][fancy_box box_style=”hover_desc” icon_family=”iconsmind” hover_color=”accent-color” hover_color_custom=”#c29543″ hover_desc_color_opacity=”default” hover_desc_hover_overlay_opacity=”default” icon_position=”bottom” box_alignment=”left” hover_desc_bg_animation=”long_zoom” border_radius=”10px” image_loading=”default” icon_iconsmind=”iconsmind-Letter-Open” icon_size=”50″ min_height=”530″ hover_content=”Poetry is measured language that is most raw and powerful. It comes from the highest of happiness or the deepest of sorrows. It speaks to what exists, what can be said, what is unsayable and creates what is unknown.” link_url=”\/join-the-conversation\/category\/poetry\/”]\n

Poetry<\/h4>\n[\/fancy_box][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][fancy_box box_style=”hover_desc” icon_family=”iconsmind” hover_color=”accent-color” hover_color_custom=”#c29543″ hover_desc_color_opacity=”default” hover_desc_hover_overlay_opacity=”default” icon_position=”bottom” box_alignment=”left” hover_desc_bg_animation=”long_zoom” border_radius=”10px” image_loading=”default” icon_iconsmind=”iconsmind-Quotes” icon_size=”50″ min_height=”530″ hover_content=”The wisdom that comes when we listen to what one another has to say.” link_url=”\/join-the-conversation\/quotes\/”]\n

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Share Your Story<\/h4>\n[\/fancy_box][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][fancy_box box_style=”hover_desc” icon_family=”iconsmind” hover_color=”accent-color” hover_color_custom=”#c29543″ hover_desc_color_opacity=”default” hover_desc_hover_overlay_opacity=”default” icon_position=”bottom” box_alignment=”left” hover_desc_bg_animation=”long_zoom” border_radius=”10px” image_loading=”default” icon_iconsmind=”iconsmind-Speach-Bubble12″ icon_size=”50″ min_height=”530″ hover_content=”Writings, words and sayings we hold onto.” link_url=”\/join-the-conversation\/category\/shirascorner\/”]\n

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