6:20 am
I’m a very important negotiator at some very important talks during a very dangerous crisis and it’s very important I get to the airport very soon and my driver is taking back streets that are not crowded but very VERY bumpy and my companion is yelling at him and the driver is not listening to my companion at all and the driver is telling me he will get me there and the car is rocking and bumping so violently I can barely think and now I’m the driver and I KNOW that I can make it to the airport in time and I know that this is the only way I can do that and I know that the plane will wait for this guy anyway since he’s so very important and I know it’s very uncomfortable for him but that guy yelling at me is really starting to piss me off and now I’m the assistant to the very important negotiator and I KNOW that we are not going to make it to the airport when we were supposed to and I know that the plane will still be waiting for the very important negotiator anyway and I know that I’m going to be fired and this driver really pissed me off when he didn’t listen to me back at that last intersection and…
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and I know that just before I woke up I was the negotiator again and I began to meditate right there in the back seat of that car as it bumped and rolled with the two angry men in the front seat and as we were approaching some very heavy traffic I knew that all that was really so very important in this moment was…
breathe
Inhale two, three, four, five, six…
Exhale two, three, four, five, six…
so very importantly
Blessed…
m(___)m
