Come back to your name

Say your name quietly. Not your title. Not your role. Not what you carry for others.

Just your name. The one you had before the expectations. The one that still belongs to you.

Take a sip of water as you say it. Let the sip be a small agreement: I am here. I am mine.

If today has asked you to be everything for everyone, let this moment be the place you return to being a person.

Let yourself be known to yourself.