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10 March 2021. Wednesday. I'm still lonely. I have my ups and downs, but today is particularly down. I was listening to this podcast on the science of happiness and the episode was about "awe" and walking in awe. For some reason, I almost wept as I walked to the beach. I don't know why. I think the podcast reminded me that I was doing the best I can. That, successfully, I got out of bed even without the aid of the podcast and was going to the beach to walk and breathe and meditate in motion. I was doing my best. Yet it also reminded me that I wanted to walk with someone who wasn't there, someone I will probably never see not only because she's so far away, but also because she's walking with someone else. I was doing my best even though I was still alone. I ought to be grateful I had the time to go to the beach. I need to remember I am enough. For now. We're all just doing the best we can.