Touch skin. Anyone’s. Your own. Feel its texture, warmth, aliveness. There is nothing—truly nothing—that compares. Look someone in the eye. Anyone. Feel the gut-lurch, heart-jump flash of recognition of

r I am in an open relationship with myself. If that is selfish—to be deeply in love with my life, deeply committed to myself—then okay. I am blissfully selfish. The only life-long relationship I will ever

Look closer. That yoga class is a portal into mindful movement and heightened self-awareness. That farm tour is an introduction to the revolutionary world of permaculture, closed-system loops, and community