Prompt: The Soft Disruption · Human Intelligence by Soma+IQ

Prompt: The Soft Disruption

This morning, I woke to the sound of my elderly cat Cesare peeing on the floor. That unmistakable splash jolted me from sleep, and my first impulse was to scream “No!”

But then I saw him—curled, ashamed, belly hurting. He hasn’t been the same since his brother died. I cleaned up the mess, then sat with him, rubbing his belly. And in that moment, I realized how often I override the soft disruptions—the inconvenient, tender invitations to slow down, to tend, to notice.

What interrupted your rhythm today?Was it a body sensation, a creature, a memory, a mess? Did you meet it with resistance, care, curiosity?

I’m wondering what’s tugging at your attention lately—what’s asking to be tended to, even if it’s unglamorous or unexpected.

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