In this short reflective monologue, Sindy explores when and why being present began to feel like effort instead of instinct. A quiet meditation on attention, distraction, and what it means to truly be here in a world that constantly pulls us elsewhere.
SCRIPT:
There was a time when being present didn’t require instruction. You were just there — in a room, in a moment, in your own body.
Now presence feels like a skill you have to relearn. Something you practice instead of something you inhabit.
We sit with our thoughts while checking something else. We listen while preparing to respond. We rest while feeling behind.
Maybe presence didn’t disappear. Maybe it just stopped competing well with everything asking for us at once.
And maybe effort isn’t a failure — it’s the quiet signal that something simple is trying to survive in a louder world.
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