Clearing a path

One of the goals I have for this year is to get into good routines.

I am such a creature of habit.  I mean, I am human and I think to varying degrees we are all creatures of habit, both good and bad.

I can get into a good routine and then maintain it for a period of time, but all it takes is a couple of bad days in a row and I am back where I started, if not further behind.

So...I am writing this on the Fall Equinox.  The balance of days...and as always, this date finds me seeking balance.

Sigh.

Ok...so a friend of mine is a big proponent of meditation and for a while there I was trying pretty hard to follow that path.  I liked it.  On the days that I meditated I felt calmer and more organized.  Things didn't faze me and I was super productive.  I don't think productivity is the goal of meditating, but let's call it a handy side effect.

I even purchased (Buddha is rolling his metaphysical eyes right at this VERY moment) a lotus shaped crystal candle holder which served as a focal point.  I placed this is a special spot, on the lower shelf of my bookcase in my office.

So when I open the doors, it looks like this.

Well for a while now, my mediation as fallen off the beaten path.  I blame clutter, both literal and figurative, because this was the state of my office a few days ago.  See that bookcase in the back? That's where my meditation station lives.

 I have been working on the piles of books* and today, I am proud to say that we are back...
















Here is what is being donated to my local middle school and my work city's high school.

* I am on a selection committee for THE TAYSHAS LIST.  Tayshas is a Caddo word for "friend" and it is a for-pleasure reading list for high school students.  These books have all been given to me by publishers.  We have a policy of "catch and release" in our house.  When I am done reading them I pass them along to schools who have little to no money to add fun books to their collection. The public library I work for is fortunate enough to not really *want* for anything in the way of materials.