The Morning You Don't Owe Anyone Yet

Before the phone, before the list, before anyone needs you to be someone — this hour is still yours. A morning practice for beginning from having instead of owing: one breath, one unclaimed minute, one word to walk in first. Best practiced before the day has opinions.

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This is the hour before the day has opinions. Before the phone. Before the list. Before anyone needs you to be someone. It's still yours. Stay exactly where you are. I sob. Are closed. Let your body wake at its own speed. It knows how. It's been doing it longer than any alarm. Let one breath arrive. Slow. Unhurried. And leave the same way. Most mornings begin with owing. Answers owed. Energy owed. Mood sowed. This one begins with having. You have this breath. This warmth. This unclaimed minute. Ask yourself gently. . . What do I have to do today? How do I want to arrive? Let the answer be one word. Let it come to you. You don't have to chase it. Whatever the day turns out to be. You've already had this. A morning that started with you. On your side. Repeat quietly. I begin from enough. Not from behind. The day can want things from me. And still not own me. I arrive before my obligations do. Carry that one word with you. Let it walk in first. Namaste. This was Meditai. Come back whenever you need to.