Before the World Starts Asking

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18/12/25

There is a small window every day when the world has not yet begun to ask anything from you. No messages demanding replies, no roles to perform, no explanations required. In that quiet pocket, you exist simply as yourself — unfinished, unlabelled, and free. I like that version of me the most. The one who hasn’t yet remembered deadlines or expectations. Just a person sitting with a cup of tea, noticing light on the wall, listening to ordinary sounds that feel oddly reassuring. Nothing remarkable happens, yet something settles inside. Maybe that’s enough for a start — not to conquer the day, but to enter it gently, without carrying the whole weight of it on your shoulders.

Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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