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\nRight when we\u2019re in the mess and complexity of things - for example when raising children, or being in a partnership, or working alongside others - we can learn so much about what it is to be human. And it\u2019s where we also learn the most about our own power to make a world that is better for others to live in, or worse.
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\nIn this week\u2019s conversation we explore how we might turn everyday complexity into a deeper care for the world and the use of whatever power we each have for the benefit of those around us.
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\nWe refer in this week\u2019s conversation to Lindsay Green and Charlie Lyons\u2019 wonderful podcast \u2018Made Possible by Parenthood\u2019 which you can find on Spotify here.
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\nHosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.\xa0 Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google, Amazon Music and Spotify.
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\nHere's our source for this week:
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\nBless This Dirty Sponge
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\nMy spiritual path is not marked out by rose petals, but dirty sponges, baby wipes, frozen peas and car keys.\xa0
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\nWashing up is my daily Zen practice.\xa0
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\nLeaving parties early to get everyone home to bed is how I learn self-discipline.\xa0
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\nMy meditation happens while I run the bath. And sometimes at 4am while I try to get back to sleep after waking to help someone use the potty.\xa0
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\nMy masters are unusually direct and demanding. They teach me how to live without apology and how to be right where I am. Because they know there is nowhere else.\xa0
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\nAnd at the end if the day, I give myself a cup of Hail Mary tea as I forgive myself for all of the ways I felt I fell short. Again.\xa0
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\nAnd I kiss my gurus on their tiny, wise heads and prepare myself to start all over again.
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\nHollie Holden
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\nPhoto by Imani on Unsplash
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