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From LE to LA: the kindness of strangers

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What surprised me was what I got from the people. I had forgotten how good it feels to smile and be smiled back at. I know some say Americans are superficially nice, but I miss that friendliness. Every day I went to the boardwalk of Venice Beach in LA, I got hugs for no reason

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Mid-30s: weird spot between birth & death

You've known this all along, of course, but now you're painfully aware.

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Larger than life: the story of Henrique Galvão

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"As I sat there listening to stories of perilous travel and incredible chance encounters, I realized that the power behind Scott Galvão's story was not in the inspiration it created for him alone, but the bigger picture his father’s life represents."

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Finding meaning and magic in the mundane

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There are stories and poems everywhere, and in everything.

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About a boy (who “hates” his mother)

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Often we don't realize that the people we are closest to are the ones we tend to hurt the most.

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Death as a figment, life as tiny details

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Call it my own version of faith.

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