Alarm. Snooze? No. Get the fuck up! Index card on bathroom mirror: DRIVE CAPACITY DISCIPLINE. Aggressive? Don’t second-guess yourself. Shoes on, out the door. Time to run! Darkness. Serenity Prayer a song in your head to the rhythm of your gait. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Repeat prayer until anxious thoughts quit unwinding in your head. Crickets, chickens coocoo-croocroo in the trees, the frantic glissando of a straw-headed bulbul, a bird with a low voice like bubbles on water. Bats swoop near your head, squirrel skipping across the road, pair of dachshunds, golden retriever with thick white eyebrows. Good morning to the regulars: man with glass water bottle in right hand, teenaged boy in school uniform eating sandwich, two women gossiping before workday, couple matching strides in silence. Street lamps snap off at 7:16. Two days ago it was 7:17. Trees growing on trees. Brown leaves fluttering to the ground. Clouds like cotton candy. I think life is nice.