I am grateful to simply experience life

*Simply* is doing something sly here. Nothing about experience is simple — a cup of coffee involves light, temperature, memory, and a nervous system running thousands of processes you will never supervise.

The point survives the wrong adverb, though. Underneath the achievements and the worry there's a baseline fact: something is happening, and you're the one it's happening to.

That baseline is easy to lose. Most days get spent one layer above it, in deadlines and comparisons.

Drop down for ten seconds. Whatever is in front of you — just register that you're here for it.