Buddhist monks on a peace walk help a nonverbal autistic boy make a heartwarming breakthrough

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Day 11: My One-Word Spell — Clarify

Some spells don’t need candles, herbs, or long incantations.
Some spells are simple. Soft. Direct.
Some spells are just a single word spoken with intention.

For me, that word is clarify.

I am the type of person who sometimes moves faster than she should. My mind tries to solve everything at once. My anxiety wants answers before I even finish asking the questions. My spirit starts jumping ahead while my body is still standing in place. And when I move that fast, things get blurry. Details slip. Emotions tangle. I miss the obvious because my thoughts are running marathons.

So I started working with a one-word spell — a word that grounds me, slows me down, and helps me see the full picture instead of reacting to the first thing in front of me.

Clarify.
To clear what is foggy.
To reveal what is hidden.
To calm what is chaotic.
To understand what is confusing.

When I whisper this word, I can feel my spirit soften. It is like telling my brain, “Pause. Breathe. Let me see what I need to see.” This single word becomes a signal for everything inside me to slow down and fall into alignment again.

Sometimes I repeat it out loud.
Sometimes I say it in my mind.
Sometimes I write it on a scrap of paper.
Sometimes I hold it in my heart.

But my favorite ritual is when I speak it before sleep.

There is something powerful about asking for clarity right before surrendering to rest. I will go to bed thinking on this word and trusting that my spirit will do the sorting while my body sleeps. And almost every time, I wake up with a spark of understanding. A softened truth. A direction. A gut feeling that clicks into place.

An a-ha moment.

Clarify is not a spell to force answers.
It is a spell to invite them.
A spell that says, “Show me what I missed. Show me what I need. Show me the truth.”

And clarity always comes.
Maybe not instantly.
Maybe not dramatically.
But gently. Softly. Quietly.
Like mist lifting from a morning field.

This word has saved me from spiraling.
It has saved me from reacting when I needed to observe.
It has saved me from assuming the worst.
It has saved me from my own anxious urgency.

Clarify helps me return to myself.
It helps me move with intention instead of fear.
It helps me trust that answers will come when I am ready to receive them.

One-word spells are powerful because they carry pure intention without distraction.
They bring your focus back.
They sharpen your intuition.
They call your spirit into stillness.

And for a soft bruja like me, clarity is magic.

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Day 4: My Walking Path — Finding Clarity Between Grass and Desert

Walking has always been one of the softest ways I return to myself. I do not need a perfect trail or a stunning view. I just need movement. I need the sound of my feet on the ground. I need air touching my skin. I need the reminder that I exist in a body that wants to keep going.

Right now, in San Antonio, my walking path is the stretch around my house. When it is not unbearably hot, I step off the pavement and walk straight into the grass. I love the feeling of being surrounded by something lush. Trees leaning into the sky. Grass thick and bright. Little pockets of green that feel like a soft place for the mind to land. Nature has always soothed me like that. It slows my thoughts. It pulls me out of overwhelm and back into the present moment.

I walk when my mind feels heavy. I walk when my emotions feel tangled. I walk when I need clarity because walking never fails to give it to me. Sometimes during the walk. Sometimes after. Always right on time.

But then there is my permanent home: El Paso.
There, nature speaks a different language.

El Paso does not give you lush grass or big trees with wide shadows. El Paso gives you desert. Brown earth baked under the sun. Cacti standing like warriors. Trees that look like they are made of bones. At first, I did not love it. I wanted green. I wanted softness. I wanted what I was used to.

The desert felt too hard.
Too dry.
Too unforgiving.

But that changed when I stopped resisting it.
When I leaned in.
When I let the land teach me something.

Because here is the truth I had to learn:
The desert looks hard on the outside, but inside it is tender.

A cactus may look spiked and armored, but if you cut it open, it is soft. Gooey. Full of water. Full of life. The flowers that bloom from a cactus are some of the most vibrant and striking flowers I have ever seen. They come from a place that looks like it should not be able to grow anything beautiful at all.

And that changed the way I saw myself.

Because I have become hard too.
Life made me that way.
Trauma made me that way.
Experience made me that way.
I learned to protect myself with sharp edges.
I learned to survive by being strong, guarded, and resilient.

But inside?
Inside I am soft.
Inside I am tender.
Inside I am gooey like a cactus.

And that softness deserves protection.
It deserves space.
It deserves to bloom.

So whether I am walking through the lush greens of San Antonio or the desert edges of El Paso, the land mirrors something back to me. It reminds me that clarity is always available. It reminds me that all landscapes, even the hardest ones, hold beauty if you open yourself to them. It reminds me that softness can grow in the most unexpected places.

My walking path is not just a place.
It is a lesson.
A grounding ritual.
A way back to myself.
A reminder that I can bloom too, even with my scars.

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1. A friend reaching out to me and telling me how she's really feeling. I appreciate vulnerability and authenticity.

2. Being part of the story. Not just a passive watcher of the world unfolding. But unfolding within the story.

3. Looking out for unseen things in my environment. Trying to maintain a fresh outlook.

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