It’s like wearing gloves every time we touch something, and then, forgetting we chose to put them on, we complain that nothing feels quite real.

Mark Nepo
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We are so used to our skin being bare that when we put on gloves, it feels too tight. The skin feels uncomfortable for a while, but then the gloves are removed and our skin is bare once again. We forget that we were wearing gloves in the first place, and then complain that nothing feels quite real. We forget that the gloves were there in the first place because of the way we felt before putting them on.

Source: The Book Of Awakening: Having The Life You Want By Being Present To The Life You Have

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