I forgot to put in my tooth guard last night, so probably I've cracked ten teeth. Even ingrained habits can be broken. I didn't even notice I hadn't put it in. No, I did not have a glass of wine or anything alcoholic last night. I maybe was too engrossed in my ear being plugged up. It's driving me crazy. I'm talking too loudly and can't hear well. It's quite amazing how these little ordinary glitches annoy, like bees buzzing. I've got plenty to distract me today. I'm having lunch with a friend and need to go to the store, and think about packing for our three day trip. Then there is filtering through the news which gets in my brain whether I read the paper or watch the news or not. How to process all the murders and corruption and violence and drones and dangerous nuclear reactors. Answer: I can't. I listen to music and read selectively and leave the rest. I can't take it all in, I can't answer all appeals or write letters to every group or even be well informed without an effort that would drown out the rest of my life. I pray for everyone and leave it at that.
This attitude may be escapist, but it keeps my teeth from being ground down to nubs and me having to sip meals through a straw. The world can't be completely let in; there need to be dams and hydrolic devices to keep the flooding at bay. The trick is to get the balance right.
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