Today Was Ordinary and Good

Dear Delyara, Today was a good day, and what I mean by that is not impressive. No major milestone happened. No dramatic joy. No big breakthrough. I just felt okay in my own life. I woke up without dread. Work was manageable. Nobody upset me. I ate properly. I laughed once and it was real. I came home without feeling emotionally scraped raw by the world. A few years ago I would have overlooked a day like this because it didn’t sparkle enough. Now I understand better: a quiet, ordinary good day is not small. Sometimes it is evidence that life is rebuilding itself.