On Turning 39
in praise of slowing down
nicoles.substack.com
That experience sent me down the “way of loss,” opening me up to the questions I had ignored by orienting my life around my work. What was I living for? What did I really want? How did I want to look back on my life when it was my time to go?
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Jennifer Senior • It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart
“I believe that I am loved beyond measure by a magnificent, complex, amused God who has given me power over practically nothing.”
“Writing gave me the thing that meditation promised, but I could never have it happen in meditation until very recently where time stops or changes, and I’m here but not here.”
“What if I’m not on duty all the time? What i
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