So...it is Monday, and a week later. No, I haven't figured everything out and turned my life around 180 degrees. But I have found that I am more in touch emotionally and even physically to what is going on around me.

Yesterday I got on my bike and rode to the store to shop a little and found that the (outside) world around me was as perfect as it could be. I was riding along and realized that it wasn't too sunny, not too windy, and wasn't too warm. It all was just right. (I think that is a line from a children's story.)

One thing that I have learned is that doing even one thing each day is progress. Ideally, it is good to do more than one, but if I am having a difficult day and I accomplish something, then I am okay with myself and know that some progress has been made.

The world we live in says otherwise. And so many things have become "instant" that we expect the same from our emotional and spiritual lives. But the realization that it took time to get where we are also means that it will take time to heal and move forward from that place.

Another misnomer in this pill-crazed society is that a medication can cure what ails you. Not so for many things, though. A friend who has ADD told me the other day that he could get a pill from his doctor that would treat it, and also get another medication that would treat his anger. It isn't that easy, though. I did try to explain this. This is the premise that our pharmaceutical companies are banking on.

I woke today with great optimism. The hard part is hanging on to it throughout the day...lol. I can't be the only person that is having a really good day, feeling positive emotions and then a monkey wrench gets thrown into it.

This seems like a good place to end. I hope you are having a good day. But watch out for the wrench.