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13/02/26
Most of life is not made of big decisions.
It’s made of the space before them.
The quiet pause when you are not sure whether to call back.
The few seconds before replying to a message.
The hesitation before saying yes to something unfamiliar.
We remember the decisions later.
But we rarely remember the stillness that shaped them.
There’s something honest about that space. It doesn’t argue. It doesn’t advise. It just waits.
And in that waiting, you often meet yourself — not the version you show people, but the quieter one. The one that doesn’t need explanation.
Nothing dramatic happens there. No applause. No regret yet.
Just a small interior moment where things settle into place without announcing that they have.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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