Appreciate achievements (rather than muse on missed chances)

in an evening of sustained intimacy. Could have withdrawn when felt insecure. Could have made excuses to stop. Instead, kept listening to myself and encouraged myself to go for what I really wanted to share.

Now I’m sitting down to do real work and intend to stay focused on this goal for the next 3 hours.

...with my new special friend over lattes and almond croissants this morning. We only had a few minutes, so we got it to go and spent a luxurious 10 minutes sitting and sipping and savoring our time together .. then zipped off to our respective work environs.