the only antidote to our misery is to stay in the present. This present is eternal, and the only eternity that counts is now. “This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know: that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attentiveness,” Mary Oliver writes. A grieving father and a warm, surprising sun reminded us that, indeed, paying attention, right now, leads us all to soulful living.
