The spiritual practice of paying attention

Kelly Corrigan’s story begins on safari, among lions and giraffes, and ends at her mother’s deathbed. What connects them is attention — the willingness to look closely at what’s fleeting and fragile, to witness the sacred in the ordinary.

At A Night of Awe and Wonder, presented by Big Think and The Well in partnership with the John Templeton Foundation, Corrigan reflects on how the grandeur of the Serengeti prepared her to face the intimacy of loss.

Through humor, heartbreak, and awe, she reminds us that paying attention is how we honor what’s alive — and how we carry forward what’s gone.

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