The effort to get up and going isn't always easy, but it is consistently rewarding. Howes your coffee this am was great. Mark's sister Lisa may likely die this week before he and Wendy fly up on Friday. It's been anticipated, and she is apparently surrounded by her children in Washington. It's all as "good" as anything of this nature can be, and the overarching awareness and gratitude for life is the dominant tone. I shared that I had recently played my vinyl copy of "Hotel California" this past week, and that it has come to resonate with her sister for me because of the oft-repeated story of her introduction to it at their home, poolside in the summer of '79. This is the sort of impact and awareness that seems to resonate and carry forward in the lives of others. The Daily Stoic entry for today reflected on accepting that our hope, desires and wishes may bring disappointment when they are not achieved. Perhaps the value of gratitude lies in experiences as transitory moments, not as constants. So with that in mind, as I sat at my mom's and Lauren called to convey that she had just gotten into a car accident, I felt a great gratitude to have answered, to be someone she could count on, and to talk her through the necessary steps to coordinate with the other party. With a leaking radiator and limited time she was able to get the car to her home under a mile away. She managed it all so well. I could not be more proud, and grateful that nobody was hurt.
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