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Starting Small

Snail Mode

Acceptance and Emergence

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Gwyneth Hagan
Jan 21, 2025
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close-up photography of brown snail on rock during daytime
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Sometimes we feel guilty for seeking solace. I am not talking about the heroic kind of solace we imagine when we first hear this word: a solitary person meditating on a rock by the ocean, or a single figure hiking through the towering forest. No, I am talking about a darker kind of solace. The kind of solace taken when th…

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