January 2--Is That Important?

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. 
--Anne-Sophie Swetchine

You can change how you feel in the twinkling of an eye if you just change what you view as important. --Mike Dooley, Notes from the Universe, Dec. 30

    The Dooley quote is a biggie for me. How I feel directly influences my ability to love, first in the direction of myself, then in the direction of others. I have clung to the idea that to alter how I feel, I have to change my thinking. Yes, but more specifically, I need to consider what I view as important. It's a small change really, but a big perspective change for me. The primary thing that has been distressing me over the past couple of years is clearly something that I have given too much importance. For good reason, it was something I had been looking forward to for decades, and the potential fizzled almost overnight, and it sent me into a tailspin. Now I can ask myself, when I'm upset about something, if it is really an important item. 

    Pickleball and girlfriend game night are the important fun items for today. Let's go, 2025!

        Leta

A magnificent Kansas sunset earlier this week