Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
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Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- the feeling that someone is trying to think about us -- something we want more than praise?

— Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
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