Lessons in grit and grace from our furtive brains
What happens when we sleep can teach us about waking up, not being woke
vol. 3 issue 5
Greetings,
Thank goodness that’s over.
I am sleeping better, which surprises me. I hadn’t realized how taxed my consciousness actually had been over the past four years.
This past month has felt a lot like the end of a toxic process physically, where much letting go, exhaling, and resting has been both imperative, and impelled.
I was forced to say goodbye to my dear, darling doggie who left this earth. I watched in horror as deranged and violent cult worshipers overran my city and the seat of consciousness for my homeland, and in so doing, demolished any notions I once held that my nation was impervious to such levels of insanity. I also this month suffered an acute illness such that it warranted a non-covid-related trip to urgent care. It was the first time in decades I had been thus ill.
It’s all disrupted my personal routine. It’s forced the issue of “normal” to come under review.
But, sleep, it has returned to me.
When we res…
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