Good Morning Digitial Neighbors! Happy Saturday ADD Irregulars, WSN Contributors, Friends & Refugees, Early Birds & Later Dayers, Dawn Patrol, Misfits & Phamily, Conversants, Lurkers, Wanderers, Seekers, Lost and any other Black Sheep of the fold!

The travails of moving - the all in one PC took some damage during the move, major damage to the screen and perhaps its interior workings. While I was able to recovery 99% of my documents from the PC it looks like it was less so with the photos. More seem corrupted or incomplete than expected. Time will tell as I look through the various files, it will be a slow process and probably one I will not rush to do.

It is a humble reminder that nothing is permanent on this side of the grave. All things are subject to spoilage and corruption whether we like it or not. I don't think that means we become completely indifferent to things, but we learn to treat them as things and not given the weightiness and importance of persons. Persons matter far more than things, even if the number of things we possess far out number the persons we decide to include on our life journey.

Things are meant to be owned by us, not masters over us. Even the most valuable of things (something totally arbitrary for the most part; water, air & light are far more valuable than gold) is still just a thing. I know, I know, I am not all Zen and detached about things. I was not happy in the least when I heard the crunch of the PC screen and saw the damage. I can still loose my shit when treasured items suddenly get damaged or destroyed, but in the end it is still a thing. I pray I never loose that awareness in a moment of emotional loss, frustration or anger. I am even less happy that I may have lost some of the mementos of the last 5 or so years in corruption on that PC, but in the end I have to let go of them all not matter what.

The Flood of 1973, countless moves in life and even more burials and funerals than I can ever remember serve as constant reminders of the temporal nature of things. Again, I am hardly anywhere near an attitude of real detachment, but at least it is one the horizon of awareness and something to strive to embrace as my pilgrimage of life continues. To hold our beloved junk, the things of life with a light grasp seems to be the best approach for sustained contentment and place your heart on the people you love and truly treasure.

This C. S. Lewis quote always comes to mind and I leave you with it. For all my neighbors that believe this life is all there is, I pray that your time here is well spent and the people of your life are a real blessing. Making the most of our limited time is best thing we can do. For fellow Disciples, knowing that we live as pilgrims in this life should help us to let go of the things and love our neighbors with more sincerity of heart and generosity of spirit. We go before a seat of judgment and a place of ultimate meaning as we witness to our story of life and love before the Luminous and Communal. Have a great day my friends and know of my appreciation and prayers for all of you.