Cycles of Change

A modern mind spends much of its time in places that do not exist, rehearsing disasters, replaying conflicts, and measuring circumstances against polished accounts of others. This habitual displacement turns the present moment into a waiting room for a life that seems always to be arriving. The [...]

A man in his mid-thirties leaves for work before his neighborhood wakes. He returns after it sleeps. He knows no one within four blocks. His coworkers know his name because the badge says so. All three tethers are gone. Three conditions anchor a person to physical community. First: Presence, the [...]