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To live well is not to heal the origin-rip-. It is to learn to live in the hyphen .

But here is the brutal truth: the origin-rip- cannot be sewn shut. Origin-Rip-

The hyphen is the pause between the tear and the falling apart. It is the split second of choice. You can let the rip widen into an abyss. Or you can stand at its edge and realize: this is where I begin . To live well is not to heal the origin-rip-

The broken places are the permeable places. They are where the outside gets in. They are where the inside leaks out. Without the rip, you would be a sealed vessel—perfect, sterile, and utterly incapable of being touched. you would be a sealed vessel—perfect