How today begins

The thing about getting up at 4:30am is, well, that it's early. It's early and it's dark.

And it's bliss.

Because this is the time, the 4:30 - 8:30 stretch, when I get to do what I want to do because I want to do it.

Because I made the time. Carved it out of what might have been sleep-time, so that I can read and think and write. And walk the super-active dog for at least an hour.

So today begins with me sitting here, reading Cheryl Strayed's tiny beautiful things and thinking about how great she is, how inspiring, as a writer, as a speaker, as a person. 

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