Son left for school at 8:00. I sat for a while, letting my brain coalesce into wakefulness. But I knew that I had a 10 am meeting. So at 8:35, I moved onto the meditation cushion. Have been having some distinctive meditation sessions lately. They’ve felt very smooth and calm, but at the same time very wakeful, very ‘normal’. Not that zooted, high, altered-states kind of sensation. Very grounded and sober. Well, as much as the mind ever really gets sober.
The meeting was in-person and 10 minutes away by taxi; also I hadn’t showered yet. So, I knew that the moment the final meditation bell rang, I would need to be in motion.
So, that final bell rang. I swished across the room to grab all the clothes (shirt, tie, pants, underwear, socks) that I’d need. And a washcloth and towel too. Set them on the bed and quickly put whatever supplies I’d need into a bag. Took a 2 minute shower. Got out, booked the taxi. Dried off, got dressed and was in the taxi by about 4 minutes later.
Actually got to the destination just about on time. A miracle.
Meetings hit the ground running. Went from 10 to 12.
After that, left the group meetings, and came back to office for a one-on-one meeting. That was more leisurely. A good conversation. Went over time. Ended at about 1:40. Now it’s 2:30 pm and I’m ordering a late lunch.
Just watched a video of Amanda Seales opining on ‘Nice Guys’. She’s audacious, but her points were basically right. Truth is, I don’t give much of a damn about ‘nice guys’ or not. I’m going to effing be me. If someone thinks it’s too nice or if they don’t like it for any of 1 million other reasons, well… the one thing we’re not short on right now is freaking humans. Just go find one of the other eight billion ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-eight people. Yup. That’s how many options there still are if you take me out of the pciture.
It’s mad.
Lot of freaking humans here on Earth right now.
Anyway.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to anyone to whom that might matter.
Tomorrow’s another play day, and I’m wondering where next this adventure might be taking me.
And so on and so on. Amen.