sabrinamari | From the forest itself comes the handle for the axe...

Yesterday was a good and useful day. I'm proud of myself and impressed with my friends and family. Life is much easier when everyone chooses to be a grownup. There are still plenty of challenges, but when everyone has both the capacity and the willingness to be reflective, patient, communicative and transparent, challenges become vehicles for growth instead of drama...

It's difficult to pull this off every time a tricky bit shows up, but whenever I can take a deep breath and get over myself, the results are generally excellent, even spectacular.

I love the vast toolkits our lives have given us, and our endless human talent for generating creative solutions to nagging, chronic problems:

From the forest itself comes the hand for the ax
Split this wilderness listen up this ain't where it's at
Clear a path so that you could find your way back
Chop 'em down, chop 'em down; chop 'em down, chop 'em down

Chop 'Em Down, Matisyahu

And now there are many wonderful things to do/prepare/create before I leave for FSG. The week before a festival is always very, very full. This year I intend to make this a good thing instead of framing it as just another challenge.