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Balance and Grace
Jul. 19th, 2005 05:29 pmOver the last several weeks my close friends have been asking me what extra thing(s) I'd like to do or have to make my birthday special. I honestly couldn't think of a thing. My life feels very full right now. My projects are taking lots of energy and focus, They're going well and I'm accepting that they rarely move with the kind of momentum I'd prefer. Friends are expressing lots of love. I wish I had more time and energy to spend with them. I apologize if you're someone in my life whom I've been neglecting, and if that's so, please let me know.
I love the gentleness of Summer here in University City. I love the light coming in from the garden and the peacefulness here at home. Sher and I have been swimming the course at La Jolla Cove at least twice a week as part of our exercise program. Every time we do it I feel blessed (after the first minute or so it takes to adjust to the temperature ;-).
In a couple of weeks I'm leaving for Summer Camp. A week after I get back from that I'll be leaving for Burning Man. I've made promises about where my two key projects will be before leaving for those two wonderful adventures. Pressure! But today I'm doing only and exactly what I feel like doing. I'm having the kind of simple pleasurable day that Epicurus would recommend. Some other day I'll have one more like those of his followers'.
I stayed up late to read "The Half-Blood Prince" which Bill gave me as a bday present. Harry Potter is pretty light stuff for adult readers, but I think JK Rowlings has done more to advance children's literacy than anyone since Dr. Seuss - and she's significantly contributed to those children being thoughtful and tolerant. I also just finished Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Cosmos", a popular book about the nature of spacetime written by a leading physicist. Given its need to avoid any math it does a good job, but I could wish for someone to do for math in our culture what JK Rowlings had done for reading. We need a George Gamow for this century.
Have a great day every day, whether it's "special" or not.
Love,
_Greg
I love the gentleness of Summer here in University City. I love the light coming in from the garden and the peacefulness here at home. Sher and I have been swimming the course at La Jolla Cove at least twice a week as part of our exercise program. Every time we do it I feel blessed (after the first minute or so it takes to adjust to the temperature ;-).
In a couple of weeks I'm leaving for Summer Camp. A week after I get back from that I'll be leaving for Burning Man. I've made promises about where my two key projects will be before leaving for those two wonderful adventures. Pressure! But today I'm doing only and exactly what I feel like doing. I'm having the kind of simple pleasurable day that Epicurus would recommend. Some other day I'll have one more like those of his followers'.
I stayed up late to read "The Half-Blood Prince" which Bill gave me as a bday present. Harry Potter is pretty light stuff for adult readers, but I think JK Rowlings has done more to advance children's literacy than anyone since Dr. Seuss - and she's significantly contributed to those children being thoughtful and tolerant. I also just finished Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Cosmos", a popular book about the nature of spacetime written by a leading physicist. Given its need to avoid any math it does a good job, but I could wish for someone to do for math in our culture what JK Rowlings had done for reading. We need a George Gamow for this century.
Have a great day every day, whether it's "special" or not.
Love,
_Greg
