wakefulness
I am not sure that is the right word. there is a state of being in which one is fully awake and relaxed, although one could summon whatever warrior is left in him. one needn't be ready to kill, but one could participate in a conversation or read from a book rich in allusions. one could dress and ride if one were a rider. it's a state of being awake and ready to participate in life, whatever life brings you. I especially appreciate it when I wake into sleepiness, or fogginess, or alarm. but that state, wakefulness or whatever, needn't exist only when you awaken. it is sometimes there when you prepare for dinner out, or for a poetry reading, or a party honoring someone you love. it is a special state, and not one you'd want always. when you work, for instance, you want to be totally focussed on what you do, so focused that in a sense you are not present, there is only the doing. but let this not devolve into a list of possible states. this is an appreciation, an appreciation of wakefulness or whatever the right word is. and it is done.
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