Saturday, December 14, 2024 • Daily Features
"If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life."
— Thich Nhat Hanh

Tracy Cochran: Coming Home to Yourself

Tracy Cochran: Coming Home to Yourself
Editorial Director of Parabola magazine and author of Presence: The Art of Being at Home in Yourself shares one nourishing story after another. In one, she speaks of her 93-year-old father: “He was going to make dinner for my sister and I, and had to keep resting, having oxygen. When I tried to help, he said, ‘Tracy, the secret of life I’ve found, is to notice what brings you joy and love, and let things take as long as they take.’” A stirring conversation with Tracy Cochran sharpens our capacity to listen to the space between notes in the silent symphonies streaming across the background of each day.

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If, at any time in one's ordinary day, the thought comes up of simply being present with what's happening in myself, take that risk. Just let be what's there. Can I let go of trying to change it and meet it with interest and compassion?

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