HeyJaredMarking What Matters
Considerations on being alive, knowing we’ll die and how ritual marks what matters and creates meaning in our lives.
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What’s “Top of Mind” (opens the original)
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Where I am in the Northern Hemisphere, Autumn is striding into the year, confident and bold and assured that everyone welcomes its return. I do! The signs are everywhere: the cool mornings propped up by a breeze from the west (#sweaterweather). A few formerly green leaves now dabbed with bright yellow. The calendar points to the Autumnal Equinox on September 22, marking when day and night are as close to equal as they’re going to get.
You Do Not Have To Be Good (opens the original)
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Hello dear Marking What Matters readers 👋🏻 —Greetings to you across time and space. It’s been a minute! ShareLast night Sally and I watched the 2025 documentary Mary Oliver: Saved By the Beauty of The World about the late poet’s work and life. (Viewable on YouTube and PBS portals.)<div class="youtube-inn
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