Are you at ease, or just relieved for a moment?
A break from worrying is not the same as feeling at ease. On going over things, waiting until everything is sorted, and being able to sleep again.
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On keeping going, how we react and making room.At home and at work.
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Are you at ease, or just relieved for a moment?
You are lying in bed, but your mind is still trying to solve something. That conversation this afternoon. That bill. What tomorrow might bring. You are tired and want to sleep. Yet it feels as though something still needs sorting out before you can relax.
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