Ocean Vuong
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They just had that boom and you were on the journey they set.
So what you need to do is say thank you to that person.
So at the end of the class, I tell all my students, at the count of three, you say thank you to yourself aloud.
And you need to say that every day.
Because no one else is going to say that for you for this journey.
So we close.
One, two, three.
Thank you, Ocean.
And it's an amazing thing.
Thank you, Ocean.
Thank you, Mel.
Saying that to yourself.
I think paying attention to the world and yourself, and again, seeing what you owe.
Eventually, Simone Weil says, the most generous thing we can ever give is attention.
And I think paying attention to the world often, we think it's about giving attention.
But in fact, we are also discovering ourselves when we look carefully at the world.
And I never knew I was going to be, you know, when I was growing up, it was factory worker, nail salon, the army.
Job Corps, right?
Or long-haul trucker.
Those were the things.