Changes

Yesterday I asked if anyone had noticed any physical changes. I did so after I looked in the mirror. I have to acknowledge that I don’t often look in the mirror except in the cursory way men do when they shave.
But this time, I noticed something different about me. My skin was tighter and fuller. The only word that occurred to me was “younger.”
And I don’t say that for any reason. I’m not motivated by a desire to “play up” or “puff” anything. It was a simple observation – and a startling one for me when I looked.
Yesterday as well I noticed an emotional change. I was grocery shopping, walking through a large store where a fair number of shoppers were also passing me by, all of us wheeling our carts and bumping into each other, so to speak. And I became aware of my internal state. But before I describe it, I need to digress for a moment.