I awoke early this morning in darkness. The sun had not yet opened up the morning yet I needed to get up. As I stood in the bathroom letting my previous nights endeavors become vanquished inside the porcelain bowl I realized the red glare from the mechanized alarm clock rang out 7:30 am. Which meant that in one hour I would be in need of cleansing myself for another day of labor. As I drove off from my gentle and sublime abode I realized quickly how the rest of the world was not yet into this great state of nirvana I had been in. I wasn't hung over yet I was tired and awake. I was very mellow. As cars started to ride my bumper on the highway, people seemed as though 70mph was just not enough, every person on the road seemed to be in rush. Did I miss something? There was tension in the air. At work I received a brief amount of conversation from the customers I had on the phone. There was one very upset woman who after a little patience and effort we both worked out a solution and had a better weekend because of it. Yet, as I was let off work early today still the cars and people seemed to have a sense of urgency in their travels. What was going on?

Do you ever feel like your not getting the joke? As if you missed the news caster coming on and announcing world domination by aliens within the hour and you all must run home and find a blue pair of underwear to stay alive. I just didn't get it. Then I understood. It's not them it was me. I was so mellow and calm today that everyone else seemed to be rushed. So I let the lady turn in front of me first, Yes, I can stop and give you directions even though I might be late to work, no it's fine, I'll park five blocks from my house so you can unload your groceries. I don't care. For some reason today I am just very Buddha. I like it. It's not just about having patience with everyone else out there it's having patience with yourself. Things will happen as they do and I can roll with it or fight it. Rolling with it seems to have a better ring to it. So, I learned quickly that today is a day of patience. No matter where I go, what I do today, tonight everything will surround it around me being patient with others and myself. I guess I'm getting too buddhisty on everyone but it happens. It's me. I know the election is coming and November has started which means the only things left we can celebrate are holidays with family and then New years. Maybe everyone had such a great Halloween that today sucked all the positive energy from the air and people were rushing and running with attitude. I don't know. But. . . I'm gonna enjoy today. I'm gonna enjoy this weekend. And hopefully I'll get some time to work on some homework during all my mellowness.