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The Triadic Dance: A Path to Vocation

By Adam Klein in Essays on 21 Apr 2026

I am not what many would consider a "good" dancer, as my wife and daughter will readily attest. Yet there's something about dancing that has always called to me. Whether it was making music videos with my brothers as a child or finding myself drawn to…

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Beyond the Dilemma: Being, Doing, and Becoming

By Adam Klein in Essays on 23 Feb 2026

Previously I wrote about the Being+Doing Dilemma. We feel as though we need to do and want to be. This is a closer look at how these two seemingly opposing forces can be reconciled. The expansive news: what allows for the alleviation of the tension can be brought to…

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Making Room for Contradiction

By Adam Klein in Essays on 02 Dec 2025

Contradictions, the way that we can be one way and then another way that are seemingly opposite to each other – all within the span of a single day or hour. My first example,…

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Trajectory: A noticing and an invitation

By Adam Klein in Essays on 21 Sep 2025

Hello dear reader, A few words on the last two posts of poetry. A sentiment you have likely read before: we are inundated with information, ideas, and the like; evermore so with the advent of AI writing aids. I welcome all of it—and invite you to as well. The…

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Stories

By Adam Klein in Essays on 18 Jul 2025

the doorway where all that is left is Life…

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From Machine to Mystery: A Journey Through the Body

By Adam Klein in Essays on 01 Jun 2025

For the first 20+ years of my life, I approached my body the way one might approach a machine that needed optimization. I worked on it—lifting weights to build muscle, running to improve cardiovascular fitness, adjusting my diet to achieve certain outcomes. This mechanical approach served me well for…

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Breathing Underwater

By Adam Klein in Essays on 02 Mar 2025

What is it to relax into the seeming paradox of our need to participate and the insufficiency of our participation.…

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The Being+Doing dilemma

By Adam Klein in Essays on 02 Feb 2025

Explore the Being+Doing dilemma and discover how to balance your inner self with external expectations. Embrace a journey of self-awareness and authenticity.…

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Who <> How <> What

By Adam Klein in Essays on 11 Jan 2025

... his team felt like they were giving carefully chosen gifts that were politely acknowledged but never unwrapped. The breakthrough came when we realized:…

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