rainy day, joints and muscles aching, but my mood has been light and content. finally could afford the eye exam. i chuckled for the eye doctor’s tsk’ing of waiting so long. ah, bifocals at last. but seeing clearly is a joy.
the recent idea for an at-home business is shaping up nicely. i hope to bring it online by the end of this next month. we’ll see how it goes.
my daughter begins her classes next month. admission is complete and she’s excited for the learning, which makes me smile.
not much else today. i thought to do another item from the list, but decided to wait a bit and let what i’ve uncovered/discovered sink in a bit first. no need to rush. it isn’t going anywhere.
a brief thought on that last sentence. i remember it was something i said in my last ai. i consider doing another, finding out where the road leads and what the cricket has to say. perhaps the weekend.
for now, i float. lazy currents cushion me and all is peaceful. which, for weird week, is nice.
oh, almost forgot… today’s gem courtesy of the sangha:
The image of an extinguished fire carried no connotations of annihilation for the early Buddhists. Rather, the aspects of fire that to them had significance for the mind-fire analogy are these: Fire, when burning, is in a state of agitation, dependence, attachment, and entrapment—both clinging and being stuck to its sustenance. Extinguished, it becomes calm, independent, indeterminate, and unattached: It lets go of its sustenance and is released.
-Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “Mind Like Fire Unbound”
i like finding these fire analogies. they resonate here.