Today was about, well, acceptance I think is actually most accurate. Letting everything "just be", and all that good stuff. It felt pretty solid, but the daily calm was surprisingly the good one: the concept of mudita. Apparently one of four heavily cultivated meditative/life states (I'm gonna broadly paraphrase: I'm the only one reading this, and later me can always look this up!), it's the idea of extending joy to others, even and especially when one is not necessarily in a personally joyful state. It was a good thought and exercise to work at this--it's not a foreign concept or anything, but choosing to do it actively was new in the way that much of this has been. Cultivating these senses actively instead of reactively.
- I appreciate that I've spent the day generally alone, and been okay with it. Seems I've found a measure of peace with it all. And an acceptance that it may be impermanent =)
- I can improve on this one by remembering to accept as much as I can, good and bad.
- I appreciate that I went forward with my sense of humour, taking a selfie with my "significant other" (my horror blu-rays, natch!) and that it spread a decent bit of joy as people found it =)
- I can improve on this by remembering that my sense of humour may misfire, but I know it's not malicious, so it's okay even if it does!
- I appreciate that I found a lot of joy in today's album. Things remembered, and being able to feel the interesting tones of Patterson's songs felt really good =)
- I can improve on this by always looking for those joys--even in the darker things (of which this album has plenty!)
Today's Album: Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) by Patterson Hood
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