Here comes the sun! I sang while walking the dogs, and am looking forward to lunch with a friend and then a phone interview with my Buddhist teacher. I still have this elation on Fridays, even though it's been a few years since I worked, and the weekend is not the oasis it once seemed. I also have the Sunday night dread, as if I was still in school or going to work. Old patterns die hard. These rhythms get in the body.
I read how our Governor gave a State of the State address that was received enthusiastically by both parties, and it was optimistic and positive. I grew up with this man. He was the son of the Governor, then the Governor and then Mayor of Oakland and now Governor again. I have never had any doubt he loves this state and thinks of the people's welfare first. He's of the Jesuit mind for service and contribution to his community. Although I don't agree with everything he does, I think history will make this man into a legend. I guess that his faith and his intellect and even his privilege have forged his strength. He actually makes decisions in a rational, considered deliberation. He's a grown up. Not many of those kind of politicians around. He's in his seventies now, and has battled prostate cancer, so I think we should treasure him while he's alive.
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