This is the one-minute slice of today's morning companion: a verse and a step. If it helps, there's a quiet door to the full day below.
“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” Luke 8:21
If you talk with someone today about a decision that's already made, don't watch for the moment you can defend yourself.
Notice the instant you start explaining instead of listening. That's today's step: stop mid-sentence, once, and keep listening instead.