TGIF

Oh yeah - tgif - this was a tough week --- full of ups and downs, some loss, a migraine, fear, ah yes, useless fear...but it is Friday, and I made it, and I just want to say a couple of things: First, a quote from Pema Chodron, "If right now our emotional reaction to seeing a certain person or hearing certain news is to fly into a rage or to get despondent or something equally extreme, it's because we have been cultivating that particular habit for a very long time. But...we can approach our lives as an experiment. In the next moment, in the next hour, we could choose to stop, to slow down, to be still for a few seconds. We could experiment with interrupting the usual chain reaction, and not spin off in the usual way. ..Pausing is very helpful in this process. It creates a momentary contrast between being completely self-absorbed and being awake and present. You stop for a few seconds, breathe deeply, and move on. You just pause... And once you start doing it, pausing nurtures you, you begin to prefer it to being all caught up."

Oh and also, I am going to miss Paula Abdul on American Idol. Come back, Paula!