Perhaps “urgency” isn’t the right way to express it. Maybe it’s more of a grand and thrilling expectation: of being ready for something more than just the ordinary, of truly living intentionally–with vibrancy—expectantly.

I get this sudden burst of energy and can breeze through the house with the vacuum, dust cloth and broom with a peculiar energy not present when no guests are expected. In this almost giddy state, dishes take half the time! a floor can be mopped in one magical moment…Wow! And I can plow through a stack of mail with the efficiency and skill of a surgeon.