Slowing Down to the Speed of Grace

Slowing Down to the Speed of Grace

Start Here: The Cost of Trying to be "Normal"

Whatever the hell that is!

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Susan Telford
Jul 22, 2025
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If you would like to meet your roommate, just try to sit inside yourself for a while in complete solitude and silence…..”

- Michael A. Singer, The Untethered Soul

For most of my life, my inner roommate rolled her eyes at me and said:

Oh, Susan, why can’t you just be normal?

I always thought I was just a little… different, so I tried hard to fit in. I trie…

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