Light: A 5-Day Memoir Into Stillness

Light: A 5-Day Memoir Into Stillness

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Light: A 5-Day Memoir Into Stillness
Day 1: Relinquishing

Day 1: Relinquishing

Part 3 of 4 (Striving)

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This section, Relinquishing, follows the final thread of the morning as Day 1 continues. It begins with a forgotten task and ends with something deeper: a small but real release.

Letting go doesn’t always feel graceful. But sometimes, even a misstep becomes part of the practice.


Day 1: Wanting to be Wanted

(Striving)


Relinquishing

I moved quickly down the final stretch of the trail, my breath still unsteady from running, my mind lingering on the irony of the missed turn. I had slowed my pace slightly, but my body still held the charge of movement. Even as I reached the clearing near the meditation hall, I could feel my pulse in my throat, the lingering heat in my legs.


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