After she drinks her morning coffee, Tara Shuman loves to learn from everything and everyone around her (including books, the sky, plants, dogs, children, documentaries, yoga, music, art, food, and blank pages to name a few**).

** books - I love them with a passion I can't explain (irony!). Books are my very best non-human, non-dog friends. THIS ONE recently touched my soul. 

** clouds - I am in awe every day. I mean, look at them. 

** plants - I try to grow them, and playing in the dirt enriches my soul.

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** dogs - Come on; look at that face...

** children - Seriously?! No one can teach me more. Yesterday my 11-year-old randomly told me something like this: You know, that "glass-half-full-thing" really depends on much you usually get in your glass. Like mine, it's usually full because I'm really lucky. But some people only get half of what I get so they may have half of what I have but they'd think their glass is full if they never saw my glass. And she was sad. Dang. 

** documentaries - I'm constantly in awe of the film-making skills out there!

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** yoga - must do it every day unless I'm a mess. 

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** music - On. Always. 

** art - Inspiring. Always.

** food - A struggle. Almost always. 

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** blank pages - Where my heart comes alive. 

to name a few...