First Light
Three minutes before the day begins.
Arrive
Before the phone, before the list. Stand where the light comes in and let your eyes adjust to it.
Notice
Notice the temperature of the room on your hands. Notice whether your jaw is already working.
Do
Open one window, even in winter, for the length of ten slow breaths. Let the outside air change the room. Then drink a glass of water standing up, without doing anything else at the same time.
Reflect
What is the first honest word for how you feel this morning?
Close
Say the word once, quietly, and let the day begin from there.
Keep
What is the first honest word for how you feel this morning?
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