Borrowed Time
Best for: taking the ordinary for granted
Borrowed Time is a quiet meditation built on the old Latin idea of memento mori, a remembering, not a warning. You'll be guided to sit with the breath, then with one person, one ordinary object, one detail of your day, and notice that none of it is owned. The practice doesn't ask for tears or solemnity; it asks for honest attention. By the end, the things you stopped seeing lift their faces a moment and look back, and gratitude arrives without being asked for.
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About this session
Borrowed Time is a guided audio session from Salūs, part of the gratitude collection.
Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android, hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.