Meditations in an emergency

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I’ve been piling books around the living room, flipping through pages, underlining passages and being reminded of sentences I have almost forgotten, as I’m prepping for the new essay classes that are launching in two weeks.

Memories flood my head of being heartbroken or lost or unsure what to do with myself, what to do with this life until I found myself in a bookshop or the library, suddenly feeling drawn to a specific title or cover, and finding my answers in the solace of words.

I truly believe that books find us exactly when we need them.

That the words will find a place to land.

Perhaps some of these might find you today x