Bashu, the Little Stranger

"If you could give the little boy that you were a hug"

It’s a mindfulness technique many of us overly therapized people are all too familiar with, and I worry it’s gotten to the point where its overuse has rendered it cringe. But I will say there’s value in imagining yourself as a child, helpless and scared, and the you of today, embracing him, telling him he did the best he could do.

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I’m no expert on Iran…