There's something really cool happening back there. I'm not even close, but I catch a little glimpse of it now and then. The more I really, really, really listen to myself, I hear something that I didn't think I had. And I just did. No sharing right now. Just know that I'm starting to believe that there is nothing wrong with being alone. And if I treat it carefully and with a great deal of patience, that I might have a lot more to say than I once thought I did.

This is a painfully beautiful exercise. I hope you recognize me when I come to a stopping place. I hope that doesn't sound too dramatic. I know good and well that it does.

Now, I just need to find a consistently good way to get where I was ten minutes ago.