Letters From the Mountain
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A weekly letter from the mountains in East Flores, Indonesia. About courage, belonging, and the beautiful mess of beginning again.
These aren’t essays written from hindsight: they’re field notes from the middle of it all.
Each letter explores what happens when life takes a new shape: how we rebuild, find our place, discover presence, and learn to trust again.
You’ll find stories about courage in quiet moments, renewal after loss, and the calm that comes when we stop forcing outcomes.
When Courage Wears a Different Face (Fear, Faith and a Tank in the Red)
‘When courage shows up quietly, not in medals or milestones, but in whispered prayers on a mountain road...’
Theme: Faith, fear, and finding peace in the in-between.
I Finally Found Her (And She Still Knows How to Dance)
‘Tonight I danced on an Indonesian beach like no one was watching, and remembered the moment I was terrified I'd lose her again...’
Theme: Finding your authentic self.
Packing the Past for One Wild Dream (And Why You'd Be Proud I Chose Courage)
‘Folding away the life I once knew, I carried only what mattered, the fragile hope of building a new dream...’
Theme: Reinvention, leaving behind, and daring to begin again.
This week’s letter:
When Purpose Steps Aside (And Presence Takes Its Place)
‘When purpose falls away, what’s left is presence, the small, sacred noticing of what still remains…’
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