Beloved Friends,

As this year draws to a close, I feel nothing but gratitude. I have learned to honor my physical limits on a very deep level. So far, my neuropathy is under control. I am able to do Tai Chi and other exercises to keep me moving, but gently.

I can’t walk the neighborhood like I used to; now I walk back and forth in front of some houses and come back before my feet start to burn like fire. The nerves are dead, but the misfiring is what causes the pain.

I was deeply happy with my Buddha at the Gas Pump interview. It has brought me some new readers and to them I say, welcome!

Rob and I are getting along well these days. He is my chauffeur when I require one and we both do cooking, always on a simple scale.

At night I snuggle down to watch TV. I don’t read much anymore and I run out of crossword puzzle books too fast if I don’t ration them. I do the hard kind and it is hard to find them.

Re my inner work: It never stops. It is a priority with me that I can rely on. It means I must constantly make self-corrections when I fall asleep and think I am in charge. That is simply not the case. I used to think I was and would still prefer to be!

I pray this new year brings fresh new challenges for us all; that is how we grow. But tomorrow is Christmas Eve and that is challenge enough. It feels like I am a horse nervous before its big race. I champ at the bit to get Christmas Eve over. So many things can go wrong. And they always do. People are let down, disappointed and downright emotional just because it is December 24 and we still don’t have our act together. Now it is too late. We can do nothing but enter the stream of all the other disappointed people.

Everyone rallies at some point. We go to bed and wait on Santa Claus to come, knowing full well that we are IT!!!

Smile for the camera. It’s all gonna be okay.

Love,
Vicki