A semblance of one, perhaps...but these days even that seems like a stretch. The phrase "going through the motions" has never resonated so strongly with me in all my (almost) four decades.
I want
- to wake up refreshed instead of exhausted
- to smile at the thought of a new day ahead
- to remember dreams, rather than nightmares, from the night before
- to make plans for the future that might actually happen
- to feel I'm growing and making progress, not regressing and fading away
- to know that my love and I are safe and free
