Free and alone in the maze of the city, the flâneur craves a revelation that might change his life and destiny.*
Federico Castigliano

Spray lifts from the coast
Who loves truly lives
Who lives loves most
And most of all, forgives**
Lemn Sissay

The flâneur and flâneuse practice their seeing
towards change;
We do not require their city nor
Lemn Sissay’s coastline to begin,
It is not our geography, but our
noticing that leads more deeply into
something more, to love what we see,
A love able to forgive where necessary –
Whom and where and what –
Especially ourselves,
That love
will
lead
us
into
an
unfathomable
life.

You pick something you genuinely care about, and then, for at least a few minutes – a quarter of an hour, say – you do some of it. Today. It really is that simple.^

*Federico Castigliano’s Flâneur;
**Lemn SIssay’s let the light pour in;
^Oliver Burkeman’s Meditation For Mortals.