The centering power of paying attention
Small beginnings are not to be despised
“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.” Mary Oliver
Chunks are missing from my childhood memory — trauma brain! — and I lacked the ability to stay present. My body was in the room, but as far as what was happening in the moment, with the people or the task, my mind was elsewhere. I am not a whimsical dreamer, a sit-on-…
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