Lately, I’ve noticed something about myself.

I’m more easily moved.

Music gets me.
Human stories get me.
Animals doing their instinctive, beautiful thing get me.
A random Olympic interview can leave me blinking a bit harder than usual.

Not in a dramatic, “pull yourself together” way.

Just… a quiet swell. A softening. A moment.

Which, if I’m honest, surprised me.

Earlier in my life I spent years accumulating experiences, stimulation, and identities I thought were part of living well.

These days I find the work of vitality looks very different — it’s largely the quiet process of letting go.

It took me a long time to understand why.

Lift Now or Pay Later

(Vita Vitality | Age Powerfully Series)

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