I forgot I have to pay all the bills today which means: I have to balance the checkbook which means: I have to open the mail  and log it in before I can make a deposit. Which means I can’t finish billing till all that is done.

They are out there preparing to pressure clean my driveway so who knows how long that takes.  As soon as I can finish this bank work, open mail, pay bills, finish billing, I am running out for a couple of hours, have no idea when that will be as what I think should take 2 hours may take 5.

Mark from the ashram emailed me his vision statement.

“ I envision a World of Peace, Harmony, and Well-Being for all.   I envision Health, Well-Being, and Harmony between Mind, Body, and Spirit for all..   I believe ancient Wisdom and Practices of Yoga, Meditation, are the ways of achieving Peace, inner and outer.   I see this Peace as a missing, yet integral, part of the Educational environment now!   I believe we can integrate this Peace into our current educational paradigms, transforming the paradigm, empowering students and teachers. I believe that, if we, as teachers and educators, are to prepare students for their lives, careers, in this world, we must have them find Peace and Power within themselves, and take that out into the world.”

I emailed him: “ Hi, I think you expressed yourself well.  I liked the Intention. Not as criticism by any means, but I am interested in that living at your sister’s seemed a more conducive environment for working toward peaceful resolution of daily matters that come up, and we can’t work on them if we’re away from them.  It reminds me of Karuna Das who in the beginning lived at the ashram, and he would always flip out when someone would slam the a door because it “disturbed his meditation”.  A yogi learns to maintain his center no matter what is going on around him, and he places himself in troubled times to bring peace to it.
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end of email

My personal checkbook just balanced on the first try for the first time ever. Nice!

The Horizons checkbook came within $40 of balancing on the first try!  Yay, close enough for me.  I round deposits down to nearest dollar and round checks up, so $40 is darn near right on, I’d say.

Ok, now I know what I have, on to the bill paying portion of the day…

Later in the day:  I got my driveway pressure cleaned today, first time in years.  It looks good, I must horrify my across the street neighbor, who has to look at my Addams Family house while I look at his cookie cutter brick box and flat lawn. He cuts his trees down because the falling leaves are too much work to keep raking up…  Then he puts those leaves in a plastic trash bag for the landfill… go figure!