My mom, and Leonard. But not in that order.
It's been a while since I felt this good about what I once would have considered a "nothing" day. Without a long-winded narrative, I played a bit with roasting a new bean and learned some things along the way. I was sidelined by an issue at the Zen Center related to a former resident that needed addressing. My addressing it was innate, yet my later reconsideration of options exposed me to an applicable scenario for a recent assertion that empathy for a mother's pain does not excuse her handling of it to inflict pain on others. I feel like a responsible adult. Finally! While on a phone call, I watched two birds in the magnolia tree and witnessed one discovering the knot-hole in which a new family resides each year. New tenants considering the location. Jen and I visited my mom, enjoyed laughter and conversation, and I was able to help with the trash and a sprinkler-timer adjustment. In between all this, I got fewer tasks done than added, which is a good thing, provided I maintain a healthy perspective on priorities and impermanence.