I love getting into morning conversations with myself

Matt’s continuing to relax in bed

Sheba is in and out of the house

I sit in my little corner, my nest, doing my thing

Journaling, reading, digesting, conversing with myself

Using my whole brain, not just the front left lobe which wants to take over and multi-task

This morning I am pondering a chapter in Pauline Boss’ book

There are several concepts I am chewing on:

Resiliency: learning to accept unanswered questions and tempering desire for closure

The natural evolution of independence to interdependence—the healthiness of that

As I was pondering this, reading and rereading the paragraphs, the song from The Byrds “Turn, Turn, Turn” came into my consciousness

The lyrics are limited, so I wanted to add some new ones:

A time for pause, a time to go

A time to be free, a time to be joined

The lyrics repeat “ A time to every purpose under heaven”

There was a time Matt and I were fully functional, independent but joined by choice

The time now is one of interdependence

Accepting that, embracing that, this chapter speaks to the freedom that comes from that acceptance

We went to the Petaluma Music Fest recently

It’s a long day event, we only lasted about 3 hours

Less than perfect outcome, we missed several bands I had wanted to see

Embracing what we were able to see, accepting that as good enough, frees me from negative emotions like disappointment, frustration

Focus on the dancing we did by the picnic tables, enjoying the beautiful day, the bands we did see

That’s getting to be good enough for me

I am beginning to embrace the concept of accepting good enough is a path to sustaining resiliency for this journey