Today's Meditation(s): Money is tighter. Work is changing for the worse. Kids are growing, changing, making me adapt. Body is aging, failing, failing faster. Friends and family have health issues, too. Cars need repair. House needs repair. Clothes need buying. Food needs buying. Bill need paying. And that's just my immediate world..... I don't know who said it: "A man who has only my troubles must count himself lucky indeed." I could bitch and moan about it. I could get drunk and make it worse. I could take it out on those I love. Or I could be thankful I have more than so many. I could plan ahead in case things get worse. I could recognize that what I have now is what I used to wish for. I could look inside myself and find the source of my unrest that makes these things seem important and worth losing sleep. I could get busy in my own salvation.

Today's Meditation(s): Meditations , 4.7 (Hicks and Hicks) (Waterfield) Waterfield's version is closer to how I've usually seen and heard this Meditation quoted — sometimes shortened even to just the first and final phrases — but the Hicks' translation adds that bit at the end that just makes me giddy. "Overcome your hurt feelings or injured pride." Adding the specific sources of feelings of harm makes the passage much more meaningful. Now it sounds like Marcus reminding himself of a time he let his pride or anger or slight or embarrassment made him to act viciously. Or, at least, lead him to poor decisions by acceding his impulses, disregarding his reason, and not following Nature. Gee. Why would I see that, get it intuitively, and have it resonate so well with me? Aside: so what's in the original? I'll need to look it up.