Friday June 12, 2009.  I have a great family. We pretty much stay out of each other’s way, and out of each other’s business.  I like that. That doesn’t mean we all keep our opinions to ourselves, but our variety of opinions is what makes it colorful when we’re together.  I lucked out when 2 cousins agreed to do some interior painting for me, and to do it this weekend while I am at the Universal Lightworker’s Conference in Fort Lauderdale.  I kept putting it off because I didn’t want to deal with the paint smell, the moving everything away from the walls, the taping up, the – disorder.  As usual, I was making more of it than it really was, and the task began looming very large in my mind.  So I jumped at the chance to have it done while I’m gone.

Two days ago the cousins arrived and there are now five of us in a space that typically houses three.  Half are vegetarians, so the refrigerator is split down the middle. Half drink beer and soda, so the fridge is jam packed!  Half are used to the tv as a constant companion, in addition to music in the background.  The decibel level has waaaay increased the past few days, that’s for sure!  It’s a great opportunity for me and my roomies to work under conditions we are not used to. And it’s good practice to show me what I know.

It’s good practice for me to be able to bring my mind to single pointed awareness even while there is a tv and a radio on elsewhere in the house.  It’s good practice for me to be able to concentrate on what I’m doing while people are talking their stream of consciousness thoughts out loud right next to me.  It’s easy to stay serene and focused and get work done when I live in a silent household and have no distractions. It’s easy to be a yogi on a mountainside in the Himalayas. Not so much at a family reunion.  But it also reminds me of who I am, and how much residue of past programming still lies dormant within me.

I’m excited about the conference, and will report back and tell you all the good stuff.  Well, the really good stuff I probably won’t tell you, otherwise no one would tell me the really good stuff 🙂

And when I come back, the painting will be done, the furniture will be moved back, the newspaper and tape will be picked up off the floor.  And hopefully I will not have two kitties painted a lovely pale blue.

We’ll see.