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This Week’s Reflection …
This week, I sat for a long while with someone I’ve known for years, but in the passing way we so often do. On this day, however, in the quiet of his shaded porch, we settled into something slower. We traded stories, lingered in memory, and found the shape of each other’s lives in the telling.
To give your story to someone is no small thing. It’s a quiet kind of courage. To unfold the map of your heart and trust another to hold it gently may be the most generous gift we can offer.
As my friend spoke, I felt a presence I’ve come to recognize - a kind of grace that arrives with good people. The ones who meet you with open hearts. Who ask real questions. Who make room for your story and occasionally, for truths not easily spoken. These souls are the steady lights in my life. Some carry wisdom. Some bring joy. Some simply sit beside you as the world softens around the edges, and that is more than enough.
I don’t imagine this place has a monopoly on goodness. I suspect it’s waiting everywhere - tucked in hearts and minds of people wherever we happen to go. All we need to do is slow down. Pay attention. Let them in.
I count myself lucky. The good people in my life are too numerous to name. If you are among them - and you likely are - thank you. Your light matters more than you know.
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When Julie and Phil Wilmot packed up their lives in Dallas, Texas, and headed for the mountains of Western North Carolina in 2018, they thought they were stepping into retirement. They imagined quiet mornings on the porch, time for family visits, maybe a little painting, and certainly less noise and heat than the sprawling metropolis they were leaving behind.
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