the good-news sit

Sit comfortably, and call up one good thing that happened to anyone in this house today. It may be very small. The child got the seat they wanted; the rain held until everyone was inside; the dal came out the way it sometimes does. Yours counts too.

Hold it lightly, and breathe with it.

In through the nose for a count of four. A small rest at the top. Out for a slow count of six, letting the good thing stay exactly the size it is — no lesson drawn from it, no plan attached to it. Settle for a moment before the next round.

Three rounds, one small good thing.

If the day genuinely offered nothing, borrow yesterday's. Good news keeps. You can stop here.