I am a standard-issue homo sapien, with a brain that has a memory bank and a capacity for attention that eclipses every other known being that has ever lived, except Mama Earth herself
Yes. Presence is the thing that matters most. I appreciate the way you write about your awareness and I share some of the challenges you mention. It’s a new level of practice to be with Z and remain present to him (with his wanting to see and also mimic me), while navigating the world as we do with our devices. I find I’m limiting the number of times I grab my phone for any reason, including taking photos of him! Humbling.
This was a life I too loved. It will be amazing if your son ever asks you about this. "For what I lacked in knowledge of other places, I remembered dozens of phone numbers by heart, could navigate my way across a city, state, and eventually the country without so much as a few coins or dollars in my pocket, and a notebook and pen in my backpack. Maybe even a paper map. I knew how to move through my world, which expanded slowly as I experienced it in real time and space."
i must but i cannot give up this phone, it has buried its tentacles into all parts of my life
Yes. Presence is the thing that matters most. I appreciate the way you write about your awareness and I share some of the challenges you mention. It’s a new level of practice to be with Z and remain present to him (with his wanting to see and also mimic me), while navigating the world as we do with our devices. I find I’m limiting the number of times I grab my phone for any reason, including taking photos of him! Humbling.
This was a life I too loved. It will be amazing if your son ever asks you about this. "For what I lacked in knowledge of other places, I remembered dozens of phone numbers by heart, could navigate my way across a city, state, and eventually the country without so much as a few coins or dollars in my pocket, and a notebook and pen in my backpack. Maybe even a paper map. I knew how to move through my world, which expanded slowly as I experienced it in real time and space."