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On Making Your Own Joy

Posted on 11/28/2021 by Khaya Ronkainen

The holiday season can be a time of great joy or sadness, depending on where it finds one. I’ve been on both sides of the coin. But let’s consider this, holiday...

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khaya.ronkainen

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“Everything must be carried to term before it is born. To wait with deep humility and patience for the hour when a new clarity is delivered: that alone is to live as an artist, in the understanding and in one’s creative work… These things cannot be measured by time, a year has no meaning, and ten years are nothing” — Rainer Maria Rilke

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