Marcia Gayharden is a Tony and Oscar winning actress.

In today's episode, she tells a story about recognizing that she, like so many of us, is who she is because of how she was raised.

Marsha Gay is thoughtful in her reflections on everything she inherited from her father.

And today, she'll share how she's been able to let go of those habits she learned from him

that no longer serve her.

From Wait What, this is meditative story, where immersive first-person stories and mindfulness prompts inspire you to reflect on your inner life.

I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed.

The body relaxed. The body breathing.

Your senses open.

Your mind open.

Meeting the World.

I sit reading my book,

relaxing on our living room floor.

The walls are filled with woodblock prints of fishermen and straw hats and watercolor paintings of peacocks,

my dad's favorite bird.

I breathe in the sweet, earthy aroma of chrysanthemums, lavender, and roses that sit at careful

angles and vases around the room.

Ikabana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, is a hobby my mother has taken up since we moved here to Japan.

She insists on bringing beauty into our home, wherever we are.

We move every two to three years, depending on where my dad gets stationed.

For the last two years, we've lived in this house, perched on a small plateau plateau dividing area one and area two of the Yokohama

naval base in Japan. I'm 10 years old. Just as I turn the page in my book, my sister Cheryl calls out,

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