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Until you stop breathing, there’s more right with you than wrong with you.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Painterly stopwatch, stethoscope and clear oxygen mask arranged on navy blue.
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An editorial interpretation.

The speaker points to continued breathing as a reason to recognise what is still functioning, even amid problems. The line offers reassurance by shifting attention from what feels wrong to the life that continues. It encourages perspective on difficulty rather than providing a literal medical assessment.

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