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Staying when the diagnosis comes. Staying when the friend says the unforgivable thing because their own grief is leaking out of them. Staying when the country feels like it’s tearing itself apart. Staying when your own reflection startles you.

The body’s betrayal is actually the spirit’s liberation. You have permission to be uncomfortable with discomfort. You have permission to leave early. You have permission to be boring. 60 something mag

Because what is left—when the unraveling is finished—is not a smaller life. It is a true one. Staying when the diagnosis comes

And truth, at sixty-something, feels better than happy. It feels like finally taking off a pair of shoes you never realized were two sizes too small. 60 something mag