I am learning to engage with my darker emotions more, although I find I am often surprised when they arrive (again)…as if they had dissipated forever. So now I am just trying to take the advice of Joseph Goldstein and recognize that I will be walking my life path with all of these emotions forever and I can do so without aversion and without expectation of them leaving.

It is rainy and a little chilly where I live. I am barefoot while working on my computer in my kitchen. Even though my feet are a bit chilly I am choosing to keep them bare right now because the coolness and the connection to my wood floor is making me feel more grounded right here and right now.

Thank you for this reminder. I have been meditating lately with more gratitude for my breath.So many people are struggling with breathing during this time that I want to fully be aware of the gift I have been given.