The Art of Being Present

“Wherever you are, be there totally.” (Eckhart Tolle)

There’s a softness to those words I’ve always loved. But now, after everything, they’ve become more than a favorite quote - they’ve become a lifeline.

The day after the basal cell carcinoma was removed was hard. Pain pulsed steadily, movement was clumsy and sore, and I felt every bit of the rawness under that tightly taped bandage. The itching was madden…