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What a Dead Possum Taught Me About Prosperity (yes, really)

What a Dead Possum Taught Me About Prosperity (yes, really)

An eagle omen, a roadside offering, and the quiet abundance we’re trained to miss.

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The most important data doesn’t come from strategy or spreadsheets. It comes from the shimmer of something you almost ignored.

“This vigor that hugs the world—it is warm, it is moistening, it is firm, it is greening.”
—Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard called it viriditas—greening power. A sacred vitality that pulses through all of life. She saw this wild, cre…

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