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    Tenderly Holding the Bitter & Sweet: Finding Gratitude Within Life’s Beauty and Pain

    by Indira Abby Heijnen Oct 16, 2017 3 minutes
    Gratitude

    Photograph by Trip Ingalsbe

    Finding gratitude for the whole of life, the bitter and the sweet, the suffering and good fortune

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    I am grateful every day. I am lucky to live with a husband I adore and our sweet dog in the Catskill Mountains of NY. I have family who loves me, the best friends, and I get to do what I love — teach yoga and practice energetic healing. Sure, I’ve had my ups and downs,

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