Staying Centered and Moving Forward

Apr 13, 2025
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Updated: May 26, 2025

This exercise provides an alternative focus, encouraging the group to concentrate on what we can control in our own lives, even amid the emotional events unfolding in the world.

"We can not direct the wind but we can adjust the sails."

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