My friends continue walking along the broken concrete,

and I gaze over the edge of the dam at the water 20 feet below.

Everything, the motion of swaying tree branches, the voices of my friends, falls away. It's only me in the water.

It's so much bigger than me. It's beautiful. And I want to be a part of it. I'm not considering

the danger or the overwhelming power, only that I'm pulled toward this force of nature.

Coral music composer and conductor Eric Ritika

has directed choirs around the globe

and won Grammy Awards for his work.

But as a kid in Northern Nevada, he always felt like the odd one out in his family.

He didn't know how to channel his endless energy to create meaningful connections and find

his place in the world.

In today's episode, Eric shares the story of how he learned to find the thing that lights

him up, and in doing so, he becomes his most authentic self.

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. And that can lead

to improvements in our own inner lives. From Wait What, this is meditative story.

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

The body breathing.

Your sense is open, your mind open.

Meeting the world.

My home of Northern Nevada is a world of big skies and open deserts.

On this January night, my breath turns into a misty cloud in the cold, crisp air.

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