Let's Just Title This Random Notes and See What Happens

— I don’t think my desk or study has been messier. I keep meaning to tidy it up, make a plan, figure out what to do with the accumulation of books. And I will but I wonder if subconsciously the books that are piling up are an encouragement, a comfort. There are all these amazing books still being written that I am excited to read. I feel like I need to read them! So the books are shoring me up a little against despair.— I’m tired, in that bone deep, black dog hovering way right now. I don’t think I need to say why, we’re all soaking in it, Madge. — I took Pema Chodron Welcoming the Unwelcome off the shelf and flipped open to this: “…almost all the suffering and chaos in the world is caused by the mentality of “us and them””— Pema says, “But even though there are many situations that seem unfixable, I feel it’s important not to lose heart. The question then becomes: How? How do we not let ourselves spiral downward into a mindset of increasing hopelessness and negativity? Or, if we’re…