Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

by Suleika Jaouad

have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was, though some principle of being abides, from which I struggle not to stray.

When we travel, we actually take three trips. There’s the first trip of preparation and anticipation, packing and daydreaming. There’s the trip you’re actually on. And then, there’s the trip you remember. “The key is to try to keep all three as separate as possible,” he says. “The key is to be present wherever you are right now.”

sometimes all you can do is show up. And when things are hard, to keep on showing up.