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These things do not crush you. They ground you.

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You have to pick something up. A person. A place. A project. A pain that you stop running from. These things do not crush you

In my twenties, I thought the goal was to keep that shelf empty. A clear shelf meant I was unencumbered, free to spin in any direction at a moment’s notice. But I just spun in circles. I was a top, noisy and frantic, eventually wobbling to a stop. That’s not suffering

At the funeral, my aunt handed me a box. Inside was his watch—a chunky, scratched-up diver’s watch that weighed a ridiculous 200 grams. I slipped it onto my wrist. It was heavy. It tugged at the fine hairs on my arm.