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    Moving Past Old Patterns Allows Us to Boldly Step into the Future

    by Carter Miles Nov 21, 2021 2 minutes
    Moving Past Old Patterns Allows Us to Boldly Step into the Future, by Carter Miles. Photograph of Carter in a folder lotus posture by Bill Miles
    Photograph by Bill Miles

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

    We work and learn and grow and change and then fall back into our old and outworn patterns of being… Can we ever break this cycle?

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    Afraid of one’s self, one’s mind, one’s past and one’s patterns… aren’t we all a bit afraid of lapsing back

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