![]() The good news? It is possible to take a moment to feel your feet on the Earth, look up at the sun, and remember what’s most important. Yet as most of us know all too well, life can feel like a lot-especially now, as we charge into the hectic holiday season. It’s so simple, really: We are all here for a short period of time, and our own insignificance in the grand scheme of things should remind us to take it easy on ourselves. “How do you get uptight when you remember that’s what’s going on?” “It reminds me that I’m spinning around that thing, and that 1.3 million Earths fit inside the sun,” he says. The last thing I want to do is be neurotic! That doesn’t sound like fun at all.” To remind himself of this ah-ha that changed his life-and that prompted him to write The Untethered Soul, which continues to be a best-seller since it was published in 2007-all Singer has to do is look up at the sun. “After all, I’ll be here for a few years. “I said to myself, ‘What do I want to do during my stay on this planet?’” says Singer. ![]() ![]() When Singer started seeing himself as a curious visitor, he experienced more joy and peace-and less stress and frustration. And while life on Planet Earth involves all the feels-joy, stress, fear, grief-it’s all part of the experience of living here. Nearly 50 years ago, Michael Singer was in his 20s and had a realization: He was just one human living on a tiny star that essentially spins around this galaxy in the middle of nowhere. ![]()
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