EXPECTATION

Expectation—is Contentment—
Gain—Satiety—
But Satiety—Conviction
Of Necessity

Of an Austere trait in Pleasure—
Good, without alarm
Is a too established Fortune—
Danger—deepens Sum— 
             Emily Dickinson

This promises to be the first of my tulips to bloom.  Part of me wants it to unfurl, part of me wants it to stay like this for ever.   

I had a very useful meeting today and have a positive expectation of the next step. My mental health is not 'a too established fortune' ; I have learned to treasure it and nurture it like a fragile bloom.