What is it?

What is it that made me not feel hopeless within the first 10 minutes of waking up this morning?

Was it the therapeutic walkabout, conversation and McDonald's meal with kindred spirit AW after school yesterday?

Was it the successful set of classes and lesson planning with my co-teacher yesterday afternoon?

Was it that I woke up 30 minutes before the alarm went off this morning allowing me time to write this?

Was it getting to listen to Core Device's music while headbanging in my apartment?

Was it finally getting to watch "Up in the Air" last night?

Was it discovering a new spin on how to approach this story before I went to bed?

Was it all of it? Garbage in, garbage out.

Breathe in, breathe out.

It will be a good day.

—John Dunphy