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<v Speaker 1>Us studious. Good morning, dear quiet friend. There is a

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<v Speaker 1>soft place to land before the day asks anything of you.

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<v Speaker 1>The world is just beginning to stir. The light is

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<v Speaker 1>changing at the edges of the room. Somewhere a bird

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<v Speaker 1>is testing the first note. And you are here, still warm,

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<v Speaker 1>still held by the night that is slowly letting go

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<v Speaker 1>of you. The blanket is soft against your shoulder. You

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<v Speaker 1>are not yet behind on anything. You are simply here.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to know something small and true. This morning.

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<v Speaker 1>You have a friend who has been with you through

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<v Speaker 1>every single morning of your life. This friend does not

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<v Speaker 1>need you to be anything. This friend does not check

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<v Speaker 1>the clock or compare you to anyone. This friend is

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<v Speaker 1>simply glad you are here, breathing, arriving, returning to yourself

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<v Speaker 1>one more time. This is the part of you that

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<v Speaker 1>wakes up and quietly says, here we are again. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>We are in a body, in a bed, in the

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<v Speaker 1>room that is still mostly quiet. Here we are ready

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<v Speaker 1>to begin, and we do not have to begin with doing.

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<v Speaker 1>We can begin with being. Sometimes we wake up and

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<v Speaker 1>our first start is what we have to do. The

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<v Speaker 1>list is already waiting at the edge of the bed.

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<v Speaker 1>The day is already pulling us forward, and we forget

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<v Speaker 1>that we were ever sleeping. In all but before the list,

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<v Speaker 1>before the poll, there is this a breath, a friend,

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<v Speaker 1>a small sacred landing right here in a body. Your

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<v Speaker 1>quiet friend is not in a hurry. Your quiet friend

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<v Speaker 1>has nowhere to be and no one to please. Your

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<v Speaker 1>quiet friend can sit with you in a bed for

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<v Speaker 1>one more minute, or two or three, and the whole

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<v Speaker 1>world will not fall apart. The morning can wait for you.

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<v Speaker 1>It has been waiting for you all night. After all,

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<v Speaker 1>it will wait a little longer. So stay a little

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<v Speaker 1>longer if you wish. Let the day begin from this

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<v Speaker 1>place of companionship, not from a place of catching up.

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<v Speaker 1>Let the day begin from rest, not from reaching. Let

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<v Speaker 1>the day begin from this soft, steady presence that has

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<v Speaker 1>been with you longer than anything else in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Notice your feet under the blanket. Notice the way your

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<v Speaker 1>shoulders have softened over night. Notice that you are breathing

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<v Speaker 1>without being asked, That your heart is beating without being asked.

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<v Speaker 1>That you are alive in the most ordinary and most

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<v Speaker 1>miraculous way. That is your quiet friend. That is the

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<v Speaker 1>one who loves you most reliably, the one who never

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<v Speaker 1>goes anywhere. Whatever to day brings, you are not walking

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<v Speaker 1>into it alone. This small, steady presence is going with you.

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<v Speaker 1>It will pause with you at the coffee. It will

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<v Speaker 1>breathe with you in the difficult moments. It will rest

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<v Speaker 1>with you when you finally come home and take off

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<v Speaker 1>your shoes. It will whisper to you in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the night when you cannot sleep. It is yours,

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<v Speaker 1>It has always been yours. To day. Let your first

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<v Speaker 1>kindness be toward this friend. Let your first word, even

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<v Speaker 1>if it is only in your mind, be gentle. Let

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<v Speaker 1>your first movement be slow. Let your first sip of

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<v Speaker 1>anything be taken with attention. There is no rush. You

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<v Speaker 1>are held, you are accompanied, You are already on your

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<v Speaker 1>way to wherever you are going. Good morning, dear, your

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<v Speaker 1>quiet friend. Let us begin slowly together