The Morning: When travel plans go awry

We ravage every quiet moment with noise—podcasts, social media, the nonstop churn of news—anything to avoid stillness.

It’s only by taking myself away from clutter and distraction that I can begin to hear something out of earshot and recall that listening is much more invigorating than giving voice to all the thoughts and prejudices that anyway keep me company twenty-four hours a day. And it’s only by going nowhere—by sitting still or letting my mind relax—that I f

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