It feels like the world is fundamentally wrong—not just in isolated moments, but as a constant, everyday ache. It’s burnout from work, stress from life’s demands, and a deeper sense that something essential has been lost.
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We feel disconnected—from each other, from purpose, and even from ourselves. We try to connect online, but it feels like our conversations barely scratch the surface. We see it in how we numb ourselves with screens, in how we pretend to be fine when asked, when we’re barely holding it together. We struggle to find meaning in routines that feel hollow.

Life feels more like surviving than living.

We see it in our communities—polarization, mistrust, and loneliness. We witness frustration turning into anger, and sadness into resentment, as people feel unheard and unseen.
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We’ve become trapped in roles that don’t fit—performing for systems that expect us to be productive, compliant, and unfeeling. We’re told to keep pushing forward, even when it feels like we’re losing ourselves in the process.
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But this pain isn’t failure. It’s not weakness. It’s Life telling us that thing needs to change—that we’re living against our own nature.

One is what we are.
The other is what we've created.

We are Life.
Not metaphorically—literally.

You, me, the trees, the bacteria, the rivers.
One living system, expressing itself in
infinite forms.

From Life, something incredible emerged:
the ability to symbolize, imagine, and coordinate.

That's Story.
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Story is our symbolic intelligence—language,
identity, beliefs, models, and even systems.

It was born from Life, to serve Life.
Over time, many forgot the source.