What One Historic Battle Can Teach Us About Mindfulness

It was the deadliest battle ever fought on American soil. On its 150th anniversary, Barry Boyce reflects on what Gettysburg can still teach us—about what happens when we decide that fighting is our only choice.

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When I was a boy, the battlefield at Gettysburg was a playground to me. We lived over the mountain f

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