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What illness teaches about presence

My mom has dementia and when I visit her she's completely present with me in a way I haven't been present with anyone in years.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes the loss of future-planning capability reveals the richness available in unadorned now.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Attention and its relationship to time?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.