The States of Yes
Beth Downing Beth Downing

The States of Yes

And most of all, we transitioned in a slightly new version of ourselves. The version that isn’t put off by the dark or the graupel or the wind - the kind that looks up the slope and says yes.

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Limber Pine
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Limber Pine

Being bendy can mean survival in the strangest, oddest, and most difficult of circumstances. Bowing to and with the storm is the practice for hovering over that cliff and then snapping back to where you were.

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The Fear and the Thin Line
Beth Downing Beth Downing

The Fear and the Thin Line

And I was scared. Not the heart-pounding, I-have-to-get-out-of-here-scared, rather an intense awareness of my aloneness.

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The Bell Curve and the Halfpipe
Beth Downing Beth Downing

The Bell Curve and the Halfpipe

But just like that part of the mountain, the remarkable stands so close to average. Incredible talent can sit alongside the so-so. It does this in me and in you and in each of the children out there that day.

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