#52 The Art of Borrowing Time: How to Be Here When Life Pulls You Everywhere

A Meditation on Presence, Impermanence, and the Ethics of Attention

There’s a line from Caroline Myss that has stayed with me for years:

“This day of your life will never come again.”

It sounds simple… but when you really let it touch you, everything softens. Because if this day will never come again, then this moment… the one you are living right now, is not replaceable.

It is borrowed time.

Borrowed from tomorrow. Borrowed from who you are becoming. Borrowed from the brief, miraculous window in which you are alive. And what we borrow, we’re meant to return… through presence, through awareness, through the way we meet the moment.

Lately I’ve been thinking about what happens when life pulls us in every direction. We often say we’re “stuck,” but what’s truly stuck is our attention. Our energy gets scattered, fragmented, pulled into a dozen invisible directions.

And when our attention drifts, so do we.

This episode is a meditation, a reflection, and a gentle reminder of how to come home to yourself… even when life feels overwhelming.

in this episode, i explore •

• why presence is a form of reciprocity

• what it truly means to “borrow” a moment

• how attention becomes the currency of your life

• the tender wisdom inside impermanence

• what The Last Meeting Theory teaches us about connection

• why begging, borrowing, and stealing are emotional postures

You'll hear reflections from Coleridge, Pink Floyd’s Eclipse, and the contemplative teachings that have shaped my own practice.

This is an invitation to return to your center, reclaim your attention, and inhabit your day with intention.

If you’ve been stretched thin, overwhelmed, or pulled everywhere but home… this one is for you.

what you borrow, you become

My hope is that this episode helps you return to yourself gently…. to notice what truly matters, to reconnect with your center, and to meet your moments with awareness instead of urgency.

Borrow these 18 minutes.
Return them with presence.

Thank you for borrowing this moment with me.

With love and gratitude,

Veronica

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