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Not infrequently the world feels brutal: the betrayal, the diagnosis, the rejection email, the car making the sound of an elderly walrus trapped in a tuba. We can’t always solve these things. Sometimes when my biochemistry and mindfulness are in concert, I shift my attention to something non-essentially holy. My bathing cap with a swan on it, chickens with hot-pink combs, and googly eyes on an…
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