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Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

It sounds like you are in an acceptance mode--of yourself, and maybe all of life, as it is. Quite a feat, Priya. Do revel in it.

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Priya Iyer's avatar

Jeanine, thank you. It was both a mental clarity and a visceral reaction, and new to me. It felt like a jigsaw piece slotting into place!

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Mary Ann Rollano RN's avatar

I have felt what you described, “a kind of stillness or satiety, one you feel inside your body.” My experience was so memorable, it stays with me to this day. I was rocking my newborn baby and a feeling of overwhelming calm came over me. Nothing else in the world mattered except that moment. I was completely present. The entire world fell away and I was more than happy that way. Nothing else mattered but that moment.

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Priya Iyer's avatar

Mary, that's exactly it. A mindfulness, but not practiced so much as being. Thank you for sharing! You capture how feeling slips in unnoticed.

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Arpita's avatar

What a beautiful expression of what you felt that day.

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Priya Iyer's avatar

Arpita, thank you!

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Archana Srinivas's avatar

Thanks for this! Most of the time we forget that this beautiful life is here in the now. We definitely have arrived!

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Priya Iyer's avatar

Ha, yes! All the messaging of fulfilling potential and bringing yourself to fruition can really keep you running like a hamster on a wheel. Thanks for sharing, Archana!

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Michael Edward's avatar

Omg Priya! What a wonderful feeling to come across you.

Here’s to accepting ourselves as we are right now!

Beautiful written, and a beautiful realisation. :)

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Priya Iyer's avatar

Michael, thank you! 🙏🏽

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