<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Rose Marie Rupley]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rose Marie Rupley]]></description><link>https://www.rosemarierupley.com/musings</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:42:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.rosemarierupley.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Black Lives Matter]]></title><description><![CDATA["Another black family mourning]]></description><link>https://www.rosemarierupley.com/post/black-lives-matter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c2626ee3-f123-401c-a113-0b9e00d55d30</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2020 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rose Marie Rupley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metamorphosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was a little girl, my mother planted Butterfly weed. Its bright orange flowers riddle the side garden beds by the driveway.]]></description><link>https://www.rosemarierupley.com/post/metamorphosis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4e63c977-cecf-4ea9-a4fc-a1975947be9a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rose Marie Rupley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[If My Hands Could Speak]]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I journey once more into the unknown,]]></description><link>https://www.rosemarierupley.com/post/if-my-hands-could-speak</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8b37cf07-dc7a-4707-aa68-aa212f650bbb</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rose Marie Rupley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leading with Curiosity]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty. It wasn’t always a choice; we were born curious. But over time, we learn that curiosity, like vulnerability, can lead to hurt. As a result, we turn to self-protecting, choosing certainty over curiosity, armor over vulnerability, and knowing over learning.”]]></description><link>https://www.rosemarierupley.com/post/leading-with-curiosity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9e7e43e1-e285-400b-ace0-3d721819bfe0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rose Marie Rupley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Removing a Word from My Vocabulary]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve been working on removing a word from my vocabulary.]]></description><link>https://www.rosemarierupley.com/post/removing-a-word-from-my-vocabulary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c648195a-8b25-4f9a-bd12-4aa6134e7838</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rose Marie Rupley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”]]></description><link>https://www.rosemarierupley.com/post/the-wound-is-the-place-where-the-light-enters-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a9495664-4934-460b-8d13-dfdad2472e92</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rose Marie Rupley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing into Neutrality]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Everything will be okay as soon as you are okay with everything. And that’s the only time everything will be okay.”]]></description><link>https://www.rosemarierupley.com/post/growing-into-neutrality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c90036a3-45c8-480b-bd5b-52f3b0d5629b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rose Marie Rupley</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>