Take a moment to notice your breath.

You don't need to control it, just observe. Feel the air as it moves in and out. Now shift your attention to the awareness that is noticing the breath, this awareness is not doing anything, it's not trying to achieve or become anything, it's simply witnessing.

In this witnessing, you realize something.

You're not a person experiencing awareness, you are awareness experiencing a person.

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Sixty & Shifting Sands

On feeling like a fraud (still!), the strange passage of time, and the devils we meet along the way

The journey here felt endless, but now time seems to be slipping away.

Inside, I still feel like I'm in my twenties... maybe my thirties?

I have moments where I feel like a fraud because I haven't reached the level of maturity I once associated with people my age.

Every level has a new devil.

As a child in the '70s, I remember hearing about Social Security. My elders described it as something of a "golden parachute."

"But the other party is trying to bankrupt it," they warned. "It might not even be there when we're eligible."

By 2010, the idea of a "golden parachute" had taken on a very different meaning, and it certainly didn’t describe Social Security anymore. What was once envisioned as a safety net had become more of a basic subsistence fund.

The reality was stark: the fund was pay…