Today's Last Night's Meditation: My journey last night involved a lot of realizations.  I can be truly happy even when I don't indulge my vices. People of all abilities strain against their limitations and it's wonderful and worthy. Look for expression and talent and art everywhere. I can appreciate things better when I actively try, when I deliberately put my expectations, assumptions, and biases aside. I need to be better about what I eat. And it's possible without deprivation. I need to exercise more. My wife deserves better from me: better attention, better care, more respect. I have friends I need to reconnect with. I need to stop intoxicating myself so much. The occasional beer or bowl is one thing. Daily, and in quantity, is too much. I need to examine my assumptions about people more often and...

Today's Meditation(s): Stoic Lessons by Chuck Chakrapani, p. 13 How will I know if I can stand up to adversity if I never put my beliefs into practice? If I never test my mettle against a real and active opponent or situation? I can't. If all I do is think, what good am I?