As I write it’s just starting to get light outside. Things feel very still. I can hear faintly the sound of the TV from my parents room, and as the light spreads outside I can see the trees and shrubs through the windows. They stand perfectly still, adding to the feeling of silence I feel. I’m enjoying this respite from the noise that seems so constant. The noise of work, of wondering about Jenn’s health, of ministering to the men of my church congregation, and other things.
It’s only 5 days until Christmas. 2024 has gone by fast. I felt like I did a pretty good job of staying engaged this week. I accomplished many of things I wanted to get done to prepare for 2025.
The ***’s house is still on track to close on Monday. Hubble did a really good job for them. Their zero threshold shower is fantastic.
Today I’m not going into the office. I’m going to wear my jeans today and deliver our book gifts and ornaments.
I can tell the habit of writing in the morning is starting to take hold. I’m happy about that. I’ve written in the morning on a usual basis for quite a while, but the need to update the website is taking hold too. It doesn’t get looked at much, but my intuition tells me to stick with it and at some point some fun things will start to happen.
I feel very positive about the next year for business. For everything really. I don’t know anything that will happen, but I can use my imagination to think of good things just as easily as I can for bad things, so I might as well imagine good things and let be what will be.
I would never have thought that I would become such an advocate for positive pyschology, but I have. for me, positive pyschology is the precursor to spiritual faith. One trains the mind to be accustomed to seeing what’s good all around us, and lays the ground work for the belief that good will continue to come, and that there is no limit to what can be done.
I improved the website yesterday, and I feel really good about how it has come together. As I write this the idea came that I should add a subscribe button to it. That might be an easy way to add to the market report email.
Our kids will all be in town for Christmas next week. They will not necessarily all be here at the same time. We hope there may be at least one or two times we might be all together. *** and *** come in on Monday evening. *** and *** will be here some time on the weekend, and *** and *** will be coming soon but they will stay most of the week with his parents.
It was a short respite. My parents came out for breakfast. It’s just as well. I should get on with the day.
Come Follow Me
Mercy. This is still the topic that is on my mind. I’m thinking of a podcast that I started listening to the other day. It talks about studies involving gratitude, and how evidence suggests that people learning or being witness to other people’s situations where they are recipient’s of service have more effect on the chemistry of our brains. This makes me want to find some good stories of people giving or recieving mercy.