Every day I have things to reckon with that just won’t go away. So do you. There is a short list and a long list and they both matter and don’t matter.

Since they exist, it means that we have a certain amount of anxiety and dread running programs in the subconscious. I don’t care how enlightened people say they are, they have the same programs that we all do.

Being mortal is not a walk in the park and our lessons are learned so slowly. I am just now getting acquainted with the fact that when I am present, I am present with the entire cosmos. And when I remember that, the long and short of things fades away a bit.

I tend to perfectionism and obsession with how things should be. Before you judge, I have to say that this keeps me growing. Keeps me polishing the mirror, if you will.

I am supersensitive to energy and will stay home rather than be in places where the energy is not my type.

I am a morning person and am always in bed before eleven. Not that I sleep! But beyond that point, I can’t read or watch TV. I have to go to bed, even if I lie there with eyes wide open.

This weekend the weather has been gorgeous and flowering trees are looking good. Winter is just taking a brief vacation, though. So we get to take walks and bike and work in the yard, etc.

I am not online much. The silence outside of Facebook is rich. You don’t have to spend time Liking nature. It doesn’t require validation. Nuff said.

Vicki Woodyard