I don't know how, but I'm awake. It's 7:48 am. I decided not to go back to sleep. I haven't felt this good in the morning since I don't know when.

I read so I'm better informed. I pray so I'm more grounded spiritually. I work out so I'm more healthy and more fit. I listen to better understand. I try to be patient to better appreciate. I struggle to fight for what I believe and learn why I am wrong. And yet at times I still find myself wanting to live a life more normal.

But then it would not be my life I'd be living.