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Date: 12/07/2025
You wake up to birdsong instead of your phone’s annoying beep. A rare, gentle start. No panic. No mad rush. You sit there for a minute, realizing… nothing terrible happened just because you overslept.
The world didn’t stop. The sky didn’t fall.
Maybe we’ve been too harsh on ourselves, binding every day to alarms and deadlines. Sometimes, life whispers, “Take five more minutes.” And it’s okay to listen.
Here’s to starting your day softer.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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