appreciate

I work very early hours 430am to 9am.

I get things ready and open up the bakery department

where I work weekday mornings. It's routine and frankly fun.

I try and be sure to treat the customers with dignity

and care - from the migrant day laborers to the bazillionaires of malibu.

All the same consideration - it's an important way to start the day.

Again, it's just real important for me to greet everyone - ask if they need help -

and then to serve them with care - making sure they know their items

are handled carefully.

As I was laying in bed today - I thought about it - and I was so stuck in place here in bed -

but then I remembered that I wanted to appreciate others - and so I turned that

gaze on myself as well - to live in appreciation for others and myself coterminously.

And so here I am at home alone. I will make my choices that help me serve up

the same kind of dignity that I give to others, to myself as well.