"The way to maintain one's connection to the……" — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
"The way to maintain one's connection to the wild is to ask yourself what it is that you want. This is the sorting of the seed from the dirt. One of the most important discriminations we can make in this matter is the difference between things that beckon to us and things that call from our souls."
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Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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