When you’re seated to do the thing that matters to you and the inspiration doesn’t show up and the head ache progresses across your skull and notions of why you’re wasting your time you should be doing something totally different right now enter the thoughts and your back starts to ache a bit and your legs become restless and your breathing feels labored

STOP

Breath.

Listen.

What do you hear?

• The air conditioner over the doorway.

• The worker packing a garbage page.

• A utensil hitting a plate.

• A yellow bucket with wheels moving across the floor.

• A glass door gently falling back into place -

My exhale…