Postcards from Scandinavia - Day 12

Day 12 - Midweek Stillness

From my hotel window in Copenhagen, I watched four friends sitting by the water—laughing, talking, sometimes silent. It was a Wednesday evening around six, the kind of hour that back home would be wrapped in meetings, deadlines, or dinner rushes. But here, the day seemed to breathe differently.

There was no urgency in their laughter, no guilt in their rest. Just friends, a calm sea, and the golden hum of evening. It felt like they had made peace with time, instead of racing it.

Perhaps this is what balance looks like—not in schedules or achievements, but in allowing yourself to pause midweek, midlife, mid-anything, just tobe.

It reminded me of how rarely we allow ourselves such pauses without reason—how we often wait for weekends, vacations, or milestones to unwind. Watching them, I realized that peace doesn’t ask for perfect timing; it just asks for permission.

When was the last time you paused midweek, not to catch up your deadlines, but to catch your breath?