I Don’t Have to Do in Order to Be

Presence isn’t only accessible through action.

Varun Penamatsa
Nov 2 · 3 min read
Photo by Max Winkler

I’ve always been a do-er. So much so that it often seems as though I can’t do enough.

It looks like a lot if-then’s… “if I do this, then I can be this way…”

and a lot of once’s: “once I do this, once x happens, then I can relax, or be happy, or fulfilled, or content, or…

Varun Penamatsa

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