Reading for Reflection:

There are no two ways about it. You’ve got your eyes open or you don’t. You’re watching at midnight or you’re not. You better be ready when it comes flying at you, skimming swiftly over the surface of time.

The cares of this world are no excuse. Not father, mother, wife, nor children. No burials or births or weddings. Not fixing formula, scrubbing toilets, peddling pills or prose. Whatever the great human enterprise currently in hand, the point is to watch. All the rest is addenda. Seeking the kingdom is the essential integer. (And the Trees Clap Their Hands by Virginia Stem Owens)