Good morning. Today's opening reflection is this. Breathing in, I claim my separate experience.

Breathing out, I release the pressure to match. We can fill differently and both be right.

Well, let me ask, why do you think you have to feel the same way they do?

They're devastated and you're not. They're excited and you're just neutral. They're angry and

you're just tired. And you feel guilty for not matching their emotional state, but you're allowed to have your

own experience. Your different feeling doesn't invalidate theirs. So throughout your day,

ask yourself this, can I have my feeling even when it's different from theirs?

Yes, you can, just so you know.

With that, today's mantra is this.

We can feel differently and both be valid.

Breathing in, I claim my separate experience.

Breathing out, I release the pressure to match.

We can feel differently and both be right.

So today, let this be enough to begin.

One breath, one step, one morning at a time.

Have a most wonder-filled day.

Let's be real.

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