One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. The I've always loved my side gigs.

Sitting in the jury box on Law and Order SVU,

narrating museum tours,

wearing a foam banana costume in the streets and convention centers, smiling,

while strangers tell me I should have stayed in college, which, by the way, I did.

I'm used to my jobs being part of my creative life, a way of learning things and getting inspired.

I thought this might be another interesting arrow in my quiver,

but I had no idea, zero, what I was in for.

What I was in for.

If you already love Beth Lysick, it may be from her six books, including Everybody Into the Pool and Eadie on the Green Screen.

Maybe you know the beloved Porch light storytelling series she co-founded,

or her spoken word performances, or her film work. But Beth's various side gigs over the years

might be as striking as her creative work, and in today's meditative story, she describes

one that really shakes her, that is, until she's able to see the experience for its uncanny timing

in her life. 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 relaxed. the body breathing.

Your senses open, your mind open, meeting, meeting the world.

The first time I meet Bill, he asked if I'd like to go to Russia. On Monday.

He's handsome and impeccably dressed in a Tuscan yellow button-down and creased navy trousers.

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