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Find Joy in the Little Things, and Make Today Epic
Today is a good day, and tomorrow will be too.
Today, the alarm rang, and instead of getting up, you fell back into a deep sleep — which you never permit yourself to do.
The soft blanket was whispering on every inch of your body for you to stay, and you gave in as easily as a newborn. Your pillow was shouting the same, so to quiet it, you lay your head on top of it.
You didn’t mean to fall asleep as long as you did (an hour and a half), but you wouldn’t go back to change a thing.
You feel fully awake now, your mind is ready to begin the day, and you follow your heart to your laptop to write.
You drop your fingers on the keys, and they dance to their own beat, the clicking of the buttons their music. The blank page becomes home to your words, and it welcomes them with an open door.
There is no struggle, and for that, you are grateful.
Today, the cold is sharp.
It’s not the type of cold you feel any time of the year other than these last few months. It’s a holiday kind of breeze — crisp and fresh even if the sun is out and shining.
It makes you crave pumpkin spice lattes that taste like Halloween and peppermint mochas that…
