As I learn to sleep through the night again, I’ll bring this short Pause letter to a close with a gentle yet enthusiastic reminder that our exercise in contemplative reading together begins next Saturday. I’ll offer some reflections/discoveries/wisdom gleaned from my reading of the Introduction and Chapter One of James Bridle’s Ways of Being. There’s still time to buy or borrow a copy of the book yourself, and get into conversation with the words on the page and with your life. Here’s one of my marked-up pages of the book from last summer’s reading, layered on top of the big notebook I’ve enjoyed writing in by hand, even though my handwriting is so, so messy that I could have been a doctor:

Meanwhile, we continue with a new Foundations offering in the podcast feed on one of my favorite subjects: time. We’d love to hear how this is landing with you. I’m going to hang out on Twitter a bit on Monday evening — @kristatippett — and you can also find On Being on Instagram or write to us at artofliving@onbeing.org.

I hope to see you in one of those places, or back here, soon.

With love,

Krista