At Home

Tonight you will go home.

You will eat dinner.

You may have a short conflict with your family about a domestic issue.

You will think about work.

You will consider what to watch on television.

You will check email.

You may go to the grocery store and pick up something on aisle 7.

In the background of your mind, there will be a subtle awareness of the fact that this night time is a period of hours before work resumes the following morning.

 

 

Sounds will be heard in the house.

Dishes.

Utensils.

Television.

Footsteps.

Voices.

Running water.

Doors opening and closing . . .

 

Then the clock will ease toward the late night hours.

You may feel tired. You may not. But you will feel a compulsion that it is now appropriate to go to bed.

As you lie in bed, you may find it difficult to sleep. The mind will retell the stories of the day. And it will forecast the hopes of tomorrow.

After a while you will fall asleep.

Morning will bring a predictable chaos.

Everything will be sped up.

 

Doors opening and closing, running water, clock ticking, footsteps, voices, dishes, utensils . . .

 

Then you will leave home.

You will take your shortcut to work. The one you have bragged about to your coworkers.

You will remain there until you return home again that night.

 

 

Namaste.