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CONTENTS
1 You don’t have to choose between religion and spirituality
11 ‘Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you’
13 To everything there is a season
18 Let your body do the talking
26 In the shelter of each other the people live
30 The best things in life are not things
32 ‘Activism is my rent for living on this planet’
33 Take the road less travelled
38 There is no such thing as good grief
40 ‘This being human is a guest house...’
