February 27 2023

By: Jackie Naginey Hook
Monday, February 27, 2023

I close this month’s discussion of “Ask Your Heart/Quiet Your Thoughts” with this quote by teacher and author Spring Washam: 

Listen to your heart and trust the direction you are being pulled.
Something inside you already knows what to do.

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