a series of moments

I stop and take a mental photo of this moment, take a mental note to remember this unflattering moment. Always forgotten, these moments slip away. The weeks pass now like days and my golden age is close enough to be noticed. "It all speeds up toward the end."---Tom Masters

I lose chlorophyll in the fall too

It seems that I cannot escape my emotional response to the transition from summer to fall. It always drags me down. I've been aware of it for many years. Now, however, I know that all is not lost. I just have to cope with the feelings and keep moving, keep working, keep being. I am home. Home is here, right now. It's not always pleasant and that is just a part of the experience. I love that. I dislike feeling down, but I love being able to feel it.

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Ok, I am convinced

ours

When someone steals from me, do I feel angry?
Yes, I do.
What are you angry about?
I feel violated.
What sort of violation?
A crossing of borders, limits that we set for other people and often not ourselves.
Do you expect that everyone will always know everyone else's borders and not step beyond them?
Accidents happen, but we can try. Perhaps to forgive is to forget and by some perspectives that can be dangerous. It's a survival instict that somehow has gotten itself mixed up in the values of things and is losing the value of life.
Do you think that you should be angry?
I feel that it is an emotion that we all have a right to because it is such a part of us and what makes us human and may have saved our lives in the right situation. It's what we do in response to our own anger which affects others.
Do you want to speak to the offender?
Maybe.
What might you say?
Can I help you? No...no... perhaps, "Do you want fries with that?" Maybe I would just stare at them.
What is your goal?
It's not to have the stereo back. It's not to release my anger. It's not to prevent this from happening. It's not to punish. It's not to do what is right. It's not to save the world. It's not to end crime. What is my goal? It's to communicate and be.
stop trying