Belonging can be found far from home, by Morgan Harper Nichols
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Morgan Harper Nichols is a songwriter, poet, artist, and musician who was diagnosed with autism as an adult. Growing up, she yearns to see the wider world outside her rural home, and to embark on adventures like Bilbo Baggins. When she spends a semester studying abroad, she finds herself surrounded by the unfamiliar — and feeling rejected and lonely sometimes. But by stepping into the unknown, she begins to discover what is most important to her — and finds a new path to belonging.
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| 0:00.0 | Here in Birmingham, for the first time, I'm able to see, oh, this is who I am, this is my culture. |
| 0:20.0 | This is who I identify with. And with that new and stronger sense, |
| 0:26.8 | I have a yearning to express that creatively. As the months go by in England, my passion for the |
| 0:35.1 | written word grows and gross. |
| 0:46.6 | Morgan Harper Nichols is a songwriter, poet, artist and musician. |
| 0:53.8 | Diagnosed with autism as an adult, she always felt different. |
| 0:58.8 | Morgan was homeschooled from an early age and yearned to see the wider world outside her home of |
| 1:04.8 | Stone Mountain, Georgia. During a semester studying abroad, she finds herself surrounded by the unfamiliar, feeling rejected and lonely at times. |
| 1:15.6 | Before Morgan can discover a new path to belonging through her creative expression, |
| 1:20.6 | she learns how talking about our identities can make us feel stronger and bring us closer together. |
| 1:33.1 | In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music and mindfulness prompts so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories |
| 1:37.7 | and that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives. |
| 1:41.8 | From Wait What, this is meditative story. I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed. |
| 2:11.6 | The body breathing. |
| 2:15.6 | Your senses open. Your senses open. |
| 2:18.3 | Your mind open. |
| 2:23.3 | Meeting the world. |
| 2:29.3 | The doorbell rings. |
| 2:33.3 | I run downstairs. |
| 2:36.5 | It's the mailman. |
| 2:38.9 | He delivers a tangerine yellow package with crimson lettering |
| 2:43.9 | that spells out D-H-L. |
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