Just over a week here in Winnipeg...had a great time at my brothers retirement party. My baby brother is retired. How old am I (rhetorical)...Met my cousin and an old Union colleague for drinks a few days later. Good times.
I had to order a new computer this week and the delivery runs me dangerously close to missing my Asia flight so I jettisoned my usual train trip to Vancouver for a connecting flight on Halloween. Trick or treating in Beijing this year and, perhaps, I can pull off New Years in Nepal.
I called my son and resurrected a long-lost friendship with him.. Its been over a year since we saw each other. My global wandering seems to be an impediment for us but we have struggled with my reluctance to move home. He reminded me of a reading.
To cultivate equanimity we must practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity. "It is what it is" seems to be a mantra my son has adopted. I did lattes with him and his lady last night and I was so glad to get to see them. A Father and his sons should never stray be beyond equanimity but as my son says "it is what it is".
Ill be in touch.
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