Truly sorry for worrying folks. Most days I get done, have dinner, and pass out for 5 or six hours before I'm at it again

Hello Groovy souls!

I'm still alive but my Gods have I been working hard. I've been pulling up to 20 hour days. I'm taking my buddy to her court dates, keeping house, assisting in her recovery, taking her to appointments, doing the shopping.

I'm getting time in the morning to meditate and workout, but even that is requiring a lot of focus and planning to achieve.

I'm almost done though and I'm ok. This mission, as I call them, has been among the most intense I've ever undertaken.

Sometimes a 5k feels like a marathon. Exhausted today. Yesterday was 21 hour day. Morning at court, 5 hours of driving through weather. 2 hours at the gym. Today I’m just dragging. Resting as I can. The run today had me right against the wall.

I find it irksome that kindle books are more expensive than their audio book for some reason.

You want to learn with your eyes instead of ears? I'm sorry thats a premium charge.

Good morning most groovy souls!

#Gym stats!

Today was simply a workout. No Personal bests, I went with the idea that this was a simple work day.

Work days are just as if not more important than PB days and victory days. You have to do the work to make the progress you're hoping to make. Consistent work leads to consistent results.

This is as true in the gym as it is out of the gym. The balance holds all life. Extremes will only take you to ruin.

Onward, toward the dawn!

Good morning Groovy souls!

Today is looking to be a slower day. A lot has happened in the scope of the morning since I woke up late for me (0200) but we are hopping right along.

It's a great day, because we breathe, and because we can be here to encourage and love one another.

May we make the most of it!

Onward, toward the dawn!

It's been an interesting time for my daily training.

This week my trainer app is telling me to go lighter. I only did an hour yesterday because of time restraints, and resolved to keep it at a moderate pace today.

I was idling along at six mph for my first half hour and then decided to see what I could do, and pushed a little faster.

I handled it no problem, so decided to see how fast I could sprint my final mile.

8:30... I've never been that fast

I'm frankly a bit astounded, but happy!

Good morning groovy souls!

I'm feeling quite accomplished today. I ran almost 9 flat! Thats very close to 7 mph sustained for the whole hour of running.

It's the fastest I've ever been over time, and my sprint is even quicker. I was holding out at 8.5 for a couple minutes there, whittling down the seconds.

Somehow, I've found myself further down the path than I was at my peak in 2020.

The dawn always comes!

I am going for a walk! Back in a bit!

https://youtube.com/shorts/6cU3-t37GsM?si=KSKkX-p-FWlegm9K

This is a total mood.

No mud no lotus -Thich Nhat Hanh

Let us transform our world, instead of adding to the flames that are burning it to a cinder.

When we choose compassion over our hatred. When we choose to love instead of judge. When we deal with our negativity mindfully instead of wrathfully. We change the world

That is how we reach the people in Maga.That is what MLK Jr is talking about when I quote him about soul force.That is what it means by love overcoming fear

"We will match your ability to inflict suffering, with our capacity to endure it. MLK Jr

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only love can do that- MLk Jr

I've been reading the "Admonitions and Encouraging Words of Master Guishan" with a commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh. It's a buddhist monastic text.

Within it talks about the reason for right manners, keeping the precepts, all of that, it's not simply rules to follow, but ways to avoid suffering, and **to set a good example and protect the practice of those around you**

No matter our current troubles. No matter how dark the night, our light will still shine on, far past our current challenges.

Which means, that holding to our compassion in times of darkness, and in the face of great challenges like #trump amplifies our light, instead of caking it with mud and muting its color.

That is the definition of transforming our suffering. Taking all that is thrown at us, and turning it into compost to feed our lotus.

Everything is impermanent though. That is the first aspect that came to mind as I sat with those feelings from deep within my store consciousness this morning.

The second was that there is no death, no true end. We have no beginning or ending, we are each an ever burning flame, morphing from life to life, existence to existence.

We carry stars within us, and long dead galaxies. Particles from the beginning of time itself. Life to life.

I had a moment last night, that carried into meditation this morning

When I first heard of the attempt on #trump, I asked if he survived.

There is a dark part of me that would like to think that things were better if he were just gone.

But his life is sacred too. I sat with those thoughts this morning in meditation, and realized they were based out of fear that I will have to leave the country, and uproot my life if he's elected. Fear for my friends that will be targeted.

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