Machado beautifully expresses what happens when we are present to life without the distractions that hijack our hearts and minds.
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In November 2013, Giulia found out that she had breast cancer. The following March she had a mastectomy and, by May 2014, she started chemotherapy. In our society cancer is often associated with death. But this is a story about life. For her, cancer was literally a re-birth.
'Knock and it shall be opened.’ But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac?
The greatest gift we can give our world is our presence, awake and attentive. What can help us do that? Here, drawn from ancient religions and wisdom traditions, are a handful of practices Joanna Macy has learned to count on.
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