as the dog barks madly at the mailman, the neighbor mows his lawn for the third time this week and another American city erupts in pain. Let me be strong when I feel like a misplaced astronaut: mask ...

Though I’ve always liked crossing items off my to-do list, I used to resent the time it took me to do them. But the day I realized that if I could train myself to be present, even errands could turn ...