Don’t Call Us We’ll Call You
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Don’t Call Us We’ll Call You

It’s strange and entertaining that as we travel along life’s spiral, we come around to ourselves and to who and what we’ve encountered before, but always from another side.

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Snake Wisdom
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Snake Wisdom

It’s best to keep your fears right in front of you. Hug them to you when you’re tempted to retreat from life. Respect your fears. They’re teaching you to find harmony in a world of contrast.

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Do less. Say less. Just be.
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Do less. Say less. Just be.

Help more by doing less. Expand your capacity to love and listen by honoring yourself first and foremost. Just be and see what struggles dissolve.

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Who Can It Be Now?
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Who Can It Be Now?

You’re rowing the boat, but we are the current that carries you. Trust in this synergy and your experiences will be far richer than if you believe you are navigating the rivers and rowing them alone.

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Good Fruit
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Good Fruit

That same ache and desperate need to reach unreachable people before I could set myself free to sing rather than scream. I heard myself beginning to sound more and more like, brace yourself ladies- …my mother.

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Lucid Dreaming
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Lucid Dreaming

“Do you get it!? It happens in a vacuum! S’good right!?”

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Freyja Fly By
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Freyja Fly By

My mouth hung open as I took in the gigantic wingspan. She was so close we could have reached up and brushed her feathers. We glared at each other, coming back to our words.

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Let It In, Let It in
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Let It In, Let It in

More and more I feel like I’m pushing off the side of the pool and backstroking out into the twinkling abyss. When I’m in fear? I feel crazy. But when I’m in joy? I am in awe.

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I Hope I’m Not Traumatizing My Therapist
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

I Hope I’m Not Traumatizing My Therapist

I just stood there staring, studying them. Motionless. Waiting to hear a scream or stutter from another customer or employee when they were no longer distracted and finally saw what I was seeing.

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Take Your Power Back
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Take Your Power Back

When did the word responsible become society’s new scarlet letter? As if taking responsibility means shaming ourselves, accepting blame, or giving up freedom.

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Sometimes what's best for us in the moment looks like an unhealthy choice or a copout to others. I’m still learning to make peace with that and trust my gut anyways- opinions be damned!

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