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What the Mind Practices, the Mind Becomes
There is a particular kind of stillness that used to be unremarkable. Someone sits down with a book, or a task, or simply their own thoughts, and nothing else happens for a while. No prompt arrives to interrupt it. No notification arbitrates whether the stillness continues. It simply runs its course.
By Khali Sollis3 months ago in Longevity
The Power of Deliberate Waiting
There is a particular kind of discomfort that comes with waiting. Not the passive waiting of sitting in a doctor’s office, or the resigned waiting that comes with a delayed flight. The specific discomfort we are talking about is the experience of deliberately holding back — choosing not to act when every psychological instinct and technological nudge is pushing you toward immediate action. In a world built to eliminate delay, the choice to wait has become quietly radical.
By Khali Sollis3 months ago in Longevity
When the Castle Falls
I remember my first thought. It was something about light. If I squinted, the light looked like diamonds. I used to do that when I was a baby lying on my back. Later, I did it on benches in the underground while I waited for the train.
By Stephanie Van Orman3 months ago in Longevity
Isabel: Sings in the Dark
I asked my mom, “Why do you sing so much?” Her answer came quickly: “Because she likes singing.” She answered in the third person. Leti, our friend and caregiver, and I were surprised. We were pleasantly surprised. The noise she had been making for nearly ten hours consistently was not out of agitation but out of enjoyment.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 months ago in Longevity
Naloxone Can Reverse Drug Overdoses
What is Naloxone? Naloxone is a life-saving opioid reversal medication that can help with heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medication overdoses. Known as an opioid antagonist, naloxone medication will attach itself to opioid receptors and reverse and block the effects of other opioids. Naloxone can quickly restore normal breathing to a person if their breathing has slowed or stopped because of an opioid overdose within 2–3 minutes.
By Annelise Lords 3 months ago in Longevity
