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Noticing Where You Are · Living & Learning with Aundria McMillan Humphrey

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  SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is Living and Learning with Andrea Reynolds.
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  SPEAKER_00: These are short reflections,
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  little pauses in the day about noticing life as it's happening
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  and learning from
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  SPEAKER_00: what we find.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm so glad you're here.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've been thinking about how often we are focused on where we're going.
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  SPEAKER_00: What's next?
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  SPEAKER_00: What needs fixing?
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  SPEAKER_00: What still hasn't arrived?
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  SPEAKER_00: And yet, so much of living happens right where we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not where we were.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not where we hope to be.
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  SPEAKER_00: But here,
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  SPEAKER_00: in the moment,
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  there's something quietly powerful about noticing where you are
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  without judging it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Without deciding whether it's good or bad, successful or unfinished.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just noticing.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might notice your body, how it's holding you right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might notice your breath or the space around you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might notice a feeling you've been carrying without naming.
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  SPEAKER_00: None of this requires action.
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  SPEAKER_00: It only requires attention.
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  And attention,
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  when offered gently,
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  has a way of teaching us what we need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Learning doesn't always arrive as answers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes it arrives as awareness.
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  SPEAKER_00: And awareness begins with noticing where you are.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for listening.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wherever you are,
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  SPEAKER_00: whatever you're doing,
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  SPEAKER_00: may you meet it with a little more awareness and a little more kindness.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is Living and Learning with Andrea Reynolds.