Let your nervous system exit the noise for a few minutes,
Not forever,
Not perfectly,
Just for a few minutes.
The noise may still be there,
Around you,
On screens,
In conversations,
In the part of the mind that kept trying to keep up,
But the body does not need to stay inside it every second.
For this moment,
Let there be a small step back,
Not from caring,
Not from life,
Only from constant intake.
Let the eyes soften,
Let the jaw unclench a little,
Let the shoulders drop out of the signal they have been holding.
You do not need to force calm,
You do not need to clear the mind,
You only need a little less input for a moment.
Let the breath be quieter than the world,
Let the body receive that.
A slower inhale,
An easier exhale,
A little less urgency,
Moving to the chest,
The system can step out without solving everything,
It can lower without understanding everything,
It can rest before the world becomes simple,
Just for these few minutes,
Less noise entering,
Less reaction rising,
Less pressure to stay available to everything at once.
You are here,
Not inside every message,
Not inside every headline,
Not inside every demand.
Here,
Let here be enough for now,
A small exit,
A quieter internal room,
A few minutes where the body does not have to keep pace with everything outside it,
And when you return,
You can return with a little more space inside you.
Let your nervous system exit the noise for a few minutes.