Presence
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What does Presence mean?
Being fully where you are, with whoever you're with. Presence is your attention arriving in the same place as your body.
Another way of seeing Presence
We can sit in one room while our minds are in five others: yesterday's conversation, tomorrow's deadline, someone else's highlight reel. The cost is easy to miss, because nothing goes wrong. We just miss things — the taste, the look on someone's face, the afternoon itself. Your life only ever happens in one place. Presence is the habit of showing up for it.
Presence in relationships
The rarest gift you can give anyone now is undivided attention. Put the phone face down, let them finish their sentence, and watch how they open up.
Presence in everyday life
Choose one ordinary activity today — washing up, walking, eating — and do only that. No podcast, no scrolling, no multitasking. Notice what you've been missing.
Carry this with you
Be where your feet are.
Did this word find you today?
Everyone connects with different words in different ways. How did this one land with you?