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The hospitality of silence

Karie Charlton finds new depths to hospitality during a silent retreat.

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Hospitality is often mistaken for noise. It starts with a warm greeting, but then often leads to uncomfortable small talk and general comments about the weather… ugh. Even worse: icebreaker games. I am baffled by “two truths and a lie” where you must trick strangers into thinking you are more interesting than you actually are just to start a retreat that was supposed to be relaxing. No thank you.

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