Today is.... a day when I have to get the right DATE matched to the DAY and create a new sylly. So I need to be able concentrate and focus. Though I am claggy, I am not experiencing zeroth, which is the state or attitude of zero (from the 365 New Word A Day Calendar!). I have done a bit of dishes, counter-wiping, laundry, and taken down Christmas. I trimmed my bangs and plucked some whiskers. And I did answer an email and set a birthday card in the outgoing mail pile. So, things do get done --- just with less enthusiasm and energy.
Today is........ a really wonderful day. I'm alive, sober, still breathing, loved. I have a great stack of fascinating and fun books to read. I own a quality vacuum cleaner. The aphids seem to have left the amaryllis (cold coffee grounds and herbal tea bags - works every time!) and I think I saw a snow bunting! The end of the world is, perhaps, always near: when you fail to see the wonders of today, or the benefits of holding on until tomorrow, then it really isn't worth continuing. It is -- every day -- a new chance to do it better. Anne H. said last night, something like, "Even if I do it wrong, if it's the right thing, then I am doing it right."
One very good thing about getting older is that I usually, almost always, know what is the right thing to do.
