Morning Mindset: I'm breaking slightly from my routine due to the 8 am grooming appointment I've made for Lucky. I'm sitting, once again, at the Starbucks next to Petco, drinking what I consider a tolerable compromise between my ideal home roast and Denny's. The place was empty 30 min ago, and it's backed with pickups and loungers like me. It's a nice change of pace. Ideally, I should be walking and listening to something, but the follow-up appointment at Goodyear means I'll have a chance to do so then. And I'm tackling a backlog of Jikoji tasks. I'm thinking about making a weekly commitment to stay on site as a way to ensure I get the right time and opportunity to practice and continue working through the precepts. I have to consider a range of factors. As I sit here and watch people come and go, I see such a wide range of people all living their own lives, and it reminds me of how fortunate I am to be one of them. My "days left" reminder went off a moment ago, telling me that, barring some unforeseen deviation from the average, I have another 14+ years. That's sobering. I need to start singing louder as a voice in this growing choir of gratitude and presence. The Death Cafe was a great start, and I'm hoping to build on that and on the opportunities at Jikoji to get more experience and credibility.
Goals: Lots of out-and-about tasks to tackle today - focused on those.
Anticipation: TriTip Sous Vide dinner tonight.
Wants: Continued inspiration.
Anticipation: TriTip Sous Vide dinner tonight.
Wants: Continued inspiration.