Fullness
- Keren Levi-Faran
- Jun 5, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 25
Not louder. Not perfect. Just fully lived.
The sourdough is still warm.
You ask for half a sandwich.
The barista at Molinari's raises an eyebrow.
"Sure," he says, "but the flavor doesn't split."
And he's right. You walk out chewing half a lunch, but it doesn't taste like less; it tastes like insufficient.
The hunger beneath the habit
Gibran Khalil Gibran once wrote:
"Do not live a half-life and do not die a half-death."
We recognize ourselves in that line in the parts of us that settle for the manageable, the modest, the just-enough.
Not out of unworthiness but out of caution we mistook for wisdom.
But choosing less and less rest, less truth, less joy, less self doesn't protect us.
It leaves us hollow.
The Half-Life Disguise
Half-ness can look like balance.
But often, it's self-abandonment with better PR.
We say "just a little" when we mean "I'm afraid to want more."
We accept crumbs because they're offered kindly.
We keep relationships lukewarm, dreams quiet, and desires polite.
But a life half-lived doesn't make room for your fullness to arrive.
The whole is Not Perfect
Not perfect. Not constant. Just whole in the sense of choosing from truth, not fear.
It might mean asking for the whole sandwich.
It might mean laughing too loudly.
It might mean finishing the poem.
Or saying, 'I don't want half of this.'
Because you were never meant to live on fragments in your brave, flawed, becoming self.
The Half You've Outgrown
Where do I keep myself at "half" and why?
What have I learned to settle for, even when I want more?
What would living with full voice, presence, and permission look like?
"Half a life is a life you didn't live… but you are not half a being."
Khalil Gibran
Wholeness is not a prize.
It's a choice you return to each time you notice where you've been shrinking out of habit, fear, or the thought that you need permission to take up space.
You don't have to be louder.
You just have to be present.
In full.
A full life doesn't mean perfect.
It means lived.
You're invited to check where your wholeness has been waiting.
Download the Fullness Check to begin gently.
And if you'd like to linger, you can also download the full version of the song written for this piece.
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