Life...

So, how are you? I can't complain. Well, I suppose I could, but who
would listen? Everyone has something in their life worth complaining
about. I am just growing so tired of being the person that everyone
complains TO at work... staff and patients alike.

However, on a brighter note, Liz and I made the single largest
purchase of our marriage and our lives in general! We are now the
proud owners of our cute little 2009 Pontiac Vibe. It's truly a
wonderful addition to the happy Filkins family.

Regarding my spiritual life and interconnectedness with the " higher
power," I am finding myself lately more able to dive into the
concepts of mindfulness, interdependence, and peacefulness while at
work. This is especially hard when working at an already difficult
job where the administration in their infinite wisdom find it best to
decrease the staff-to-patient ratio while increasing the amount of
work required of the direct care staff and considering the possibility
of going to "magnet status" where they could pay all staff members
even less than what little scraps we are tossed from the table after
all of our toils. (Phew! What a run-on sentence!)

Perhaps I am finally learning that meditation is not SEPARATING my
mind from my body and its sensations of the world around it, but
instead learning to EMBRACE my experiences (both the good and the less than ideal) and learning also to control my emotional responses. It
is only then when I feel I can even begin to understand just what my
personal spirituality is all about... and I will be the first to admit
that I don't have the foggiest idea what 'god' is all about.

So, can I continue down this road of spiritual enlightenment and
emotional self-control?

I can only hope.

So, here is where I end tonight. May peace find all of you on this
beautiful evening.

Love,
Dave

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