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Karena's avatar

So beautifully written and shared, Mark.

The shoes. Your portrait of the shoes. I don't think I will be forgetting those lines for a while.

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Mark Connolley-Mendoza's avatar

Thank you Karena. I appreciate this very much. It means a lot.

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Martyn Ross's avatar

Simple, raw, honest and relatable to anyone who’s spoken out loud the sharp truth of their current mental confinement.

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Mark Connolley-Mendoza's avatar

Thank you Martyn. Very happy that this piece resonated with you.

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James Bailey's avatar

Mark, you ARE a beacon of openness, and vulnerability.

“My body was learning a lesson in real time.  As it relaxed, it experienced release.  And from release, it experienced a sliver of openness.  I could sense something real.”

So beautiful. When you are open and vulnerable, as you are, you enable others to be so as well.

🙏🙏

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Carlos Daniel García's avatar

You're a champ for writing this so simply and directly. It's never easy to share in the moment, and it's always what saves us the most. Thanks for the reminder, Mark.

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Mark Connolley-Mendoza's avatar

No worries, Carlos. Thank you for taking this in. Let's keep on surfing, man!

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Anne V Muhlethaler's avatar

Oh this was powerful. Evocative, touching, an invitation to find our own circle to help us hold what we can’t.

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Mark Connolley-Mendoza's avatar

Thank you Anne! Your comments really mean something to me.

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