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\nOn the ways comparison can steal the actual living of life from us, and on finding ways to appreciate and live in the midst of the ordinary everydayness of things.
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\nHosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.\xa0 Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google, Amazon Music and Spotify.
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\nHere's our source for this week:
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\nWhat the Living Do
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\nJohnny, the kitchen sink has been clogged for days, some utensil probably fell down there.
\nAnd the Drano won\u2019t work but smells dangerous, and the crusty dishes have piled up
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\nwaiting for the plumber I still haven\u2019t called. This is the everyday we spoke of.
\nIt\u2019s winter again: the sky\u2019s a deep, headstrong blue, and the sunlight pours through
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\nthe open living-room windows because the heat\u2019s on too high in here and I can\u2019t turn it off.
\nFor weeks now, driving, or dropping a bag of groceries in the street, the bag breaking,
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\nI\u2019ve been thinking: This is what the living do. And yesterday, hurrying along those
\nwobbly bricks in the Cambridge sidewalk, spilling my coffee down my wrist and sleeve,
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\nI thought it again, and again later, when buying a hairbrush: This is it.
\nParking. Slamming the car door shut in the cold. What you called that yearning.
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\nWhat you finally gave up. We want the spring to come and the winter to pass. We want
\nwhoever to call or not call, a letter, a kiss\u2014we want more and more and then more of it.
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\nBut there are moments, walking, when I catch a glimpse of myself in the window glass,
\nsay, the window of the corner video store, and I'm gripped by a cherishing so deep
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\nfor my own blowing hair, chapped face, and unbuttoned coat that I\u2019m speechless:
\nI am living. I remember you.
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\nMarie Howe
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\nPhoto by Marcus Ganahl on Unsplash\n