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in a bottle.

because we want the solution in a bottle, we now see a lot of bottles labeled, “the solution,” even as the bottles change in shape and the labels evolve in style. we expect convenient dosage and ready availability. that’s why we want it “in a bottle.” and we’re not wrong. even if simple can be difficult and easy can be illusion.

what’s funny is that the solution does come in a bottle. it’s you. you’re the bottle. the medicine is already inside. you hold the remembering, the recognition, the knowing, the truth. and that’s the solution. only it’s not as loud as what stocks the shelves.

each of us has signed up for some version of the story. some walk a long path: there’s an ailment, we try all the medicines, none of them work, many just make it worse, we need more medicine, get upset and disillusioned, and then finally turn to the medicine we carry within. there are shorter paths. and sometimes, we might even be the last to notice how well our own medicine has been sustaining the ones we love.

that’s how you know it could work. but the journey is the prescription, and it only has one name on it.