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It’s a beautiful morning here. I spent about 25 minutes out in the gardens…picking and eating a handfull of cherry tomatoes, weeding the edges of the squash beds and the okra. Worked just until I started to sweat. lol It’s getting hot again, supposed to be in the mid nineties today. I’m taking the day off, mostly, except for a little house-straightening and vacuuming of course. 
I woke up tired and used up and am still feeling a little blah, but it’s getting better. Last night I slept fitfully, every time I turned over or stretched I twisted that darn knee and the hurt woke me up.
The class last night was great. One new person, but mostly the same circle of women and my husband. (Curious how he always manages to be in the middle of THAT.) lol We had some lively discussions about things like looking at the problems and not just the band-aid fixes we are so accustomed using. Like seeing that small changes in attitudes and practices can generate movements at the grass roots level where change always starts. The Michael Pollan article called “Why Bother?” was very thought provoking. For me, I have to bother. Trying to keep my beliefs and ideals on track with my actions and behaviors is the main thing. You can act your way into right thinking, but you cannot think your way into right actions. I heard that in the rooms. I have to always be willing to move my feet. Practicing, acting as if, and being willing to do something new or uncomfortable over and over, until it becomes a habit is the way I institute change into my life. It’s true for me that if I…”pretend to be something long enough, you [I] will be.”-Kurt Vonnegut
So…I plant gardens and I recycle and I live more simply and I plant trees and I use less electricity and I conserve water and I try to leave the earth a little better than I found it. In whatever small ways I can. And if I can live more fully and more peacefully and more frugally…and stop being such a mindless consumer…then perhaps it will leave a mark. Perhaps not. But I will sleep better. And maybe, just maybe, I can be an example to someone else, who can be an example to someone else, who can be an example…well, you get it. Because if we don’t start paying attention, we’re going to lose the only home we have ever known.
Think I’ll run the vacuum and then watch a movie. I bought “What Dreams May Come” at a Goodwill 1/2 price sale the other day. Robin Williams, a big bowl of popcorn and a glass of iced tea. I’ll be riding high…
Namaste.
