I have been feeling like I'm walking with one foot on one shore and one on the other. I carry my book and the more I read the more I see that the one shore that is familiar is next to very dangerous water full of churning eddies, seductive lily pads, and an unstable shore soil . I also have come to sense that you can not have surgery or remove your foot. Detachment is very different from running away. You can't find the liberation with strings attached to your soul. I can not repent the past nor brood over the future. The other shore is free from anxiety-serene and peaceful. It is the Self or the illusion of a self that is confident and happy when praised and anxious and angry when blamed or depreciated. Opinions expressed have caused pain. When opinions are not in harmony with what the other thinks they are not worth expressing if the person only whats a choir. It takes an adult to have a give/take conversation. Most of us really only want confirmation (support for our ideas), bobble head rather than, have you considered, or another way might be... So, why say anything that will only cause you disharmony. Today I will start by rooting out a tooth...One tooth, step, ,shore, , person, , thought at a time Today I hugged an begging man with a sign "free hugs" and he wished me a good year...it was not just expected words....he had nothing and wanted nothing. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, , suffering follows him as the wheel of a cart follows the beast that draws the cart.... If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow.

I am now home from root canal and I had a dish of ice cream. My mouth is sore and numb but my pocket is only out $288. I will live and I did the baby breathing to relax. 

All good