All radio buttons were checked

The day had gone well.

All radio buttons
on the to-do manifest
were marked checked
(and I thought
the spirit was ready to
blast off) -

muscle strengthening exercise - Check,
10K steps - Check,
the breathing regimen - Check,
eating well - Check,
a bit of journaling - Check
reading few pages of a book  - Check
and a short walk
in the neighborhood woods - Check.

By all measures
it should have been a
poster worthy day
something to be lived
over and over,
and over again.

And yet,
it did not feel so.
There was something crucial
that had gone missing.

Making someone smile?
Sharing someone’s fears?
Helping a person cross the road? 
Calling a friend, and  just saying
Hello dear?

Life had gone well.

All  radio buttons…