Keep Calm*

Keep calm and meditate
Even if it’s only ten minutes a day
Keep calm and have a cup coffee
Even if it’s after 2pm, and you think that’s too late

Keep calm and go for a walk
Even if it’s cold and snowing
Keep calm and listen to the radio
Even if it’s 2 o’clock in the morning

Keep calm and sing a song
Even if it sounds off-key
Keep calm and run a marathon
Even if you need to stop and breathe

Keep calm and cook a meal
Even if it’s merely an egg and cheese
Keep calm and read a book
Even if it’s the philosophy of Socrates

* Written on December 12, 2016