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If hitting your target presents a constant challenge, how about aiming from horseback, at full gallop?

Almost 1,500 years ago, Japanese samurai began perfecting the form of horseback archery known as yabusame (yah-boo-sah-meh).

On this sun-after-rain afternoon, beneath a glistening, snow-capped Mount Fuji, I join the yabusame festival my rural community has celebrated for over nine centuries.

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When Gail Brenner at A Flourishing Life invited me to take part in her collaborative blog project I felt honored and thrilled to accept.

The result is four women bloggers – three in the US and myself in Japan – each sharing our thoughts today on “Getting Unstuck.”

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Have you encountered a rough period when smiling seems almost impossible?

I just did.

Something here in Japan knocked the smile out of my life for several days.

So engulfing was the personal trauma I found it hard to sense even the slightest hint of brightness.

I lost my smile.

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