Walking Each Other Home

Walking Each Other Home By Sujata Venkatraman • 3 min read SHARE: Joy of Living IN ONE OF HIS FINAL BOOKS, Walking Each Other Home, Ram Dass writes: “The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back. We are all just walking each other home.”  I love this quote as it [...]
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