Coming of Age in the Aquarian

Phasing out what no longer serves

Journal Entry Date: 18 Oct 2004

Thought for the Day:
"It is hard to live in the world and hard to live outside it. It is difficult to live with those who revel in the world and difficult not to have a permanent home. Be at peace and your suffering will end." --Other Things, verse 302 (Crosweller, Buddhist Wisdom Daily Reflections, p.303)

Brought to eye/mind today:
Time, especially limited time

Thank you, Lord, for my getting things done in time. Also for guiding me toward the right decision.

Journal:

• At work, refused a task because of other, more pressing, ones. Seem to be getting more and more jobs with deadlines.


• Yesterday, I decided not to wear my off-beat dance-hall girl costume and called myself chicken for not wearing it. Today, one by one the reasons why I would have worn it evaporated. Checking with the security guy, he said he didn't need for me to sign people in. Checking with others working on the United Way Texas Hold'Em project, I learned that my help wasn't needed. So I contentedly sat at my desk and ate my lunch in peace, my dignity intact.


• After work bought my new bed. Have been planning this purchase for over a year and waiting for the PFD (Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend) to be deposited. My old bed is 30 years old and has a permanent dent in the middle with the springs coming through. My new bed is a futon on a wooden frame that can be a bed or, when folded in the middle, a sofa.