EXISTING VERSUS LIVING Most people know the difference between breathing and breathing deeply. One happens on its own. The other asks for your attention. In the same way, there’s a difference between existing and living. Noticing which one you’re doing is the first step toward choosing on purpose. Existing isn’t wrong. It’s a place many…
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Feeling The Temperature Of This Moment And Other Details You Are Missing
The Temperature of This Moment, and Other Details You’re Missing Right now, something rests on your skin. Not as a metaphor, but as a fact. Air presses against your neck, your forearm, and that small hollow between your jaw and your collarbone. And that air has a temperature. It isn’t “hot” or “cold.” It is…
Read moreWhat Changed When I Started Thanking My Body Every Morning
For years, I moved through mornings on autopilot. My body was just transportation, a vehicle getting me from bed to bathroom to kitchen. I rarely thanked it. I barely noticed it, unless something hurt or didn’t look the way I thought it should. Then one morning, recovering from yet another treatment, I woke up and…
Read moreWhen Gratitude Feels Impossible: Finding Meaning in Suffering
No one tells you gratitude and rage can share the same breath. On better days, when pain eases just enough for you to notice light, you might feel both at once, thankful for a friend’s text, furious that you need it. Most days aren’t better. Most days, “look on the bright side” feels like a…
Read moreThe Power of Rain Smell: Memory, Presence, and Healing
Why Rain’s Smell Has Such Power Over Us (And How It Can Bring Back Memories and Help Us Stay Present) Many people love the smell of rain, but few stop to ask why it moves us. Most of us know the moment. You’re walking home in the late afternoon, clouds low, the air thick, and…
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