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Tommy Dixon's avatar

I loved this Kasra. The exact idea I’m trying to knead into my inherent state of being.

No waiting, no arrival. This. Is. It.

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Kirtiraj's avatar

I'd recommend you to watch this - https://youtu.be/fh0Ru6LjBAY?si=SBYHPaN12r9b7w3n

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Cissy Hu's avatar

love this reminder, Kasra! real life happens in the messy action. the decision to send that imperfect email, to ship that nearly perfect essay, to start the hard conversation

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Dan Benson's avatar

Wow, this is fantastic Kasra. I've gone though phases where I've attempted to "reboot" my life. I've also even managed to accomplish some of those lofty goals that I had set out for myself, but at the end of the day I'm still scrubbing those same pans, and doing those same loads of laundry.

We're here... and we've been here all along.

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Mo.'s avatar

"What if you were more often baffled by the fact that you’re still alive, if you began to ask of this moment, of every moment: what do you have to teach me?"

Beautiful!

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Jaimin's avatar

This is awesome read. everyone experience this, yet no way to explain it what is it. It's a moment, which is now, which is passed and which we are waiting for.

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Jaimin's avatar

Sometime back I wrote something along the line. https://positive.substack.com/p/unveiling-the-game-of-life-your-mind

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Veera M. Rajagopal's avatar

Beautiful!

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Brandon Austin's avatar

beautifully written. To live in the present takes hours of conscious training - a skill something I think many of us can improve upon

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Minh's avatar

Much needed :) Thanks for sharing Kasra

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Sonia Rebecca Menezes's avatar

The best bit of wonder ever. So glad I read this today!

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Meryl Rowlands's avatar

Love this ‘Real life is wiping the lint from your dryer’ thank you for writing this 🙏🏻

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Eugene O's avatar

This was fantastic. A breath of fresh air.

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Abhishek Damania's avatar

Love this. I really needed to hear this. Thank you Kasra

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Taha Merghani's avatar

Reminder served! I think I should publish my writing because that’s an awesome way to connect.

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Doris's avatar

That was gorgeous!

I'm more of the type 1 advice, definitely :)

But I tend to forget that I don't always have to take the leap. Maybe my current life is good too.

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Uthara's avatar

This is lovely. I’m sitting with the idea that ordinariness is the stuff of life, so this was timely and peaceful to read. ❤️

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Joseph Strongoli's avatar

Sublime

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