Mindset: Relaxed. I slept in a bit, against my intentions to rise early daily. It's Labor Day, right? I paused to reflect on the fact that I am here. "I get to do this, I get to experience another day." It's something I started doing shortly after my trip to Denver a few years back when I began to incorporate gratitude for the simple opportunity to experience life. Pain, joy, anger, sadness… all of it. Because it's all temporary. Of course that doesn't always come to mind first with a strategically placed splinter or the pains I experience associated with my herniated discs. But that too is just part of the experience.
Goals: Tackle some yardwork or garage cleaning while the temperature is still low. It'll hit 92 again today. I'll likely shift then to an aggressive indoor catch-up effort on site administration for Jikoji.
Anticipation: Whatever Jennifer cooks up. (Literally)
Gratitudes: Yesterday's "Daily Stoic" entry: "Earlier we were reminded of Socrates's tolerant belief that "no one does wrong on purpose." The clearest proof of that hypothesis? All the times we did wrong without malice or intention. Remember them? The time you were rude because you hadn't slept in two days. The time you acted on bad information. The time you got carried away, forgot, didn't understand. The list goes on and on. This is why it is so important not to write people off or brand them as enemies. Be as forgiving of them as you are of yourself. Cut them the same slack you would for yourself so that you can continue to work with them and make use of their talents."
Goals: Tackle some yardwork or garage cleaning while the temperature is still low. It'll hit 92 again today. I'll likely shift then to an aggressive indoor catch-up effort on site administration for Jikoji.
Anticipation: Whatever Jennifer cooks up. (Literally)
Gratitudes: Yesterday's "Daily Stoic" entry: "Earlier we were reminded of Socrates's tolerant belief that "no one does wrong on purpose." The clearest proof of that hypothesis? All the times we did wrong without malice or intention. Remember them? The time you were rude because you hadn't slept in two days. The time you acted on bad information. The time you got carried away, forgot, didn't understand. The list goes on and on. This is why it is so important not to write people off or brand them as enemies. Be as forgiving of them as you are of yourself. Cut them the same slack you would for yourself so that you can continue to work with them and make use of their talents."