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Alexander Lovell, PhD's avatar

Thank you, Jules!

Yes, I feel like the universe gives us lots of reminders to be present. This year, I've been trying to be attuned to them. I'm sure I still miss tons of them :) But what a world of a difference it has made in my everyday life!

Oh, mole sauce is perhaps my most favorite sauce. It is an incredibly rich, nuanced, and flavorful Mexican sauce. It has a delightful velvety flavor to it. There are different kinds, some are smokier, some are sweeter. They are made with lots of pepper and yet they aren't overly spicy. They just make my mouth explode with flavor!

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Jeannie Ewing's avatar

Okay, Alex, WHEN WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY?! Happy belated!

Second, yes, please to the beignet! If I didn't need to avoid gluten and dairy, I'd be all up in that. It looked FABULOUS.

Also, about time: I think about this a lot. I like your perspective about slowing time down. I think this can actually be done, because we experience time in our minds. What occurred to me as I read this was what my spiritual director once told me about the difference between kairos and kronos time: kairos being the subjective/qualitative experience of time, while kronos is the chronological "clock time" that tends to rule our days.

I am choosing more of kairos, which means, yes, a slowing or stopping of time in micro-moments. It's interesting what happens when I savor the quiet invitations to enter into this space and time, which I remember I will never experience again.

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