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If you travel by air, you’re well trained to put on your
oxygen mask in an emergency before helping others don
theirs. The significance of this instruction struck me one
night last summer as I prepared for a much-needed and
long overdue full night’s sleep, and it has lived with me,
bobbing into and out of my waking consciousness ever
since that night.
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So often, we’re encouraged to sacrifice all of our-
selves, to pour out love until the very last drop has
dripped, and then, somehow, to miraculously manifest more love so the pour-
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