What a beautiful look into the power of the mind and the way our perspective shapes our reality

I have to admit, for the majority of the read, I was erring on the side of a 3 star rating.
Don’t get me wrong, the writing was beautiful and I was constantly having existential crises & spirals while reading.
But the second I read the chapter “A thing I have learned (written by a nobody who has been everybody”) my jaw dropped and I truly fell in love with this story

I think this one hit me particularly close to home because the problem with being an anxious overthinker is that, much like Nora Seed, I’m constantly thinking of what ifs and where else I could be, if only I had done that one thing differently, etc.

Reading Nora’s story felt like taking a long, hard look at myself in the mirror and having to confront many of my own regrets and wants.
Reading this story also made me realize just how far I’ve come as a person and how much I also want to keep living and experiencing. I could be so many possibilities and that feels like a beautiful opening to the rest of my life.

I looked out my window right after finishing this read, much like Nora did towards the end of her story, and I saw dreary stores and a park with kids wandering around
And i’ve always thought of my part of the universe as nothing special
Ive always wanted to do more
See more
Be more

But I’m starting to realize “it was nothing but trees and traffic and mediocre architecture, but it was also everything. It was life”

All this to say, if there really are an infinite number of parallel universes, I hope I’m an avid reader in every single one