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49 Feelings of San Francisco - by Cissy Hu

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Learning to come alive and be still

Marshall’s Beach — January 2020 “If you’re alive, you can’t be bored in San Francisco. If you’re not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life.” —William Saroyan Today marks my four year anniversary of moving to San Francisco. In celebration of completing my “senior year” as a San Franciscan, I originally planned to write a love letter to SF. But, as I wrote, I realized that life in the Bay hasn’t been all about the warm and fuzzies — and that’s the beauty of it. What I’m most grateful to SF for is the way it’s deepened my capacity to feel things and come alive. It’s pushed me towards…

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