The Joy of Committing to Yourself

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I was just having that feeling the other day like, you know, I was getting on myself about something that if exactly how you said if someone else had had a down it, I would have been like how sweet. It's funny that ends up being kind of one of these things it shows up in the book of the lights a bit. And I think it's partly like, I don't know what it is if it's like getting a little older or something and just sort of being like, God, Lee, like you have so much time. Really, really kind of berating yourself and judging yourself and being unforgiving and what a waste that is!

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week, Katherine talks to Ross Gay about finding delight in dark times.

Ross’s practice of writing down a daily delight - a small surprise or pleasure that might otherwise go unnoticed - is the foundation of The Book of Delights, his bestselling essay collection. Here, he talks about the way that delight can sit alongside our fear, anger, frustration and grief, not to block them out, but to find a way to survive them. Along the way, we touch on fleeting moments of human connection, the joy of tending a garden, and childlike art of noticing.

In a first for The Wintering Session, Ross closes with a beautiful reading that meditates on the softness of living in a male body.

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