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Inspire Point: Where is Your Safe Place?

Tim Maudlin
3 min readAug 9, 2019

Tim Maudlin — Inspire Point: Where is Your Safe Place?

Where is your Safe Place, that place you go to when life is unsafe?

Years ago, I took my boys to our Safe Place just before the tornado pictured below hit our hometown. For more about that story, CLICK HERE.

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Where is your Safe Place, that place you go to when when life is overwhelming? Let’s explore that idea.

About 50 miles from my house, is one of the most beautiful trails I have ever hiked. As you’re walking through a deep canyon, all of a sudden the area opens up to this huge rock formation cantilevering over a ravine.

Hemlock Falls, Indiana

The first time I saw it, I was speechless. The scale was overwhelming. I still can’t believe this is in Indiana!

As I looked across the ravine, I noticed this large vertical fissure in the rock. It’s to the right of the double-trunk hemlock tree.

It reminded me of an old hymn, “He Hideth My Soul.”

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Tim Maudlin
Tim Maudlin

Written by Tim Maudlin

Podcaster | Storyteller | Journaling Coach | Want to Declutter Your Mind? I Encourage Creativity and Soul-Searching with the Power of Pen to Paper

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