Waking up is hard to do

I couldn’t pick a title for this post. I say this to myself sometimes in the morning (to the tune of Neil Sedaka’s hit) (1962 version). I’ve said it to my kids. It has more than one meaning. “Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – Dalai Lama XIV I’ve said before how I feel […]

another opportunity

To put it mildly, it has been a rough afternoon. I don’t want to rehash things.  In fact, I wish I could forget some of what was said.  It has left me feeling horribly pessimistic, just this side of despair.  I hoped, thought, wished, (insert optimistic-sounding word here) that things were getting better, that there […]

ooh, shiny

I was going to write an entry, a large rambling thing about letting go and self-created suffering (I’m pretty good at it) and finding meaning in having compassion for other and lots more. Real meaning of life crap from my perspective. But then work was a bear today and I ran an errand instead of […]