the untethered teaching soul

a journey towards peace, happiness, and letting go

To my friend who encouraged me to buy the untethered soul and to my son who encouraged me to read it. When I went to take this photo, I grabbed books off the shelf. Ones that caught my attention, ones that touched my heart.

When I finished reading this book I understood that the pain I felt in my chest every day before I left for work was fear. I was grateful to finally understand. I now know how to set myself free.

“You will realize that you not only have the ability to find yourself, you have the ability to free yourself.”

Right here. Right now.

I really cannot explain why those are the words that I heard after writing this quote. But as soon as I wrote them, I paused.

Back in the Kitchen Club. Late 1989. Or possibly early 1990. My first year of teaching and I can say, with 100% certainty, that my 22-year-old teaching soul had not yet been tethered.

I googled Kitchen Club and couldn’t believe what I found.

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