There is that slight period of time after you wake, as the rest of the city remains undisturbed in comfortable beds, where you find your own comfort in being wherever you are.
For moments or minutes, there is balance. The equilibrium disturbed by yesterday’s issues and longstanding gripes has settled or been mentally misplaced. For now, today is only space on the calendar. For the time being, only now matters.
It is a starting point as night turns into day. Mentally, spiritually, even hypothetically, it is where you are. Stay there for as long as you can. Soon enough, disquiet and confusion, office politics, idle chatter and unwanted opinions will scrape the patina off the time you allow yourself.
Make this moment your own.
08/23/2024 j.g.l.
