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"Wilder Penfield was not only a great surgeon and a great scientist, he was an even greater human being."
-- Sir George Pickering, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University

Wilder Penfield, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill, revolutionized our understanding of the human brain. With help from collaborators, Penfield refined and extended a daring surgical technique learned from his German mentor, Otfried…

--Read your soul like emotional braille.

Raistlin Majere -- Test of High Sorcery, but in the process, he acquired white hair and golden skin and was cursed with hourglass eyes which saw the effects of time on all things. - Quote from Dragon Lance

--But there are so many…

"Just Breathe" by Julie Bayer Salzman & Josh Salzman (Wavecrest Films)

In this powerful short film, watch and hear from elementary school students learning to use mindfulness to navigate complex feelings.

“Just Breathe” was created by Mindful Schools graduate and filmmaker, Julie Bayer Salzman.

The inspiration for…

Breathe

he sat at the back and they said she was shy,
She led from the front and they hated her pride,
They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance,
They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence,

When she shared no ambition they…

If you could not speak to each other.

If you could not speak to each other, What would be left?

The way you look at each other,

The way you look for each other,

The way you feel each other.

Threads of the Weave.

Threads of the weave to See, Threads of the Web to Foresee, Thread of the Weave to Be

The Kiss

The Kiss
Sara Teasdale

Before you kissed me only winds of heaven
Had kissed me, and the tenderness of rain—
Now you have come, how can I care for kisses
Like theirs again?

I sought the sea, she sent her winds to meet me,
They surged about…