Recently I have become aware again of something I probably have known for a long time. Perhaps I have even known it my whole lifetime! It is not a dramatic knowing, but it is healthy and can be healing. What more can we ask? Put simply, I became aware again of what I would call the simple soulfulness of quiet and aloneness. I can put more fancy spiritual terminology to this, but the simplicity is sufficient for now. I like to be engaged in my work. I like being with people. I know my life still borders on the too-busy end of the spectrum. Even though I am getting older, I wonder whether I am any wiser? I know more than I execute. Ignorance often is not the problem. I know enough to grow spiritually, but frequently my stupidity blunts the process. So I find myself in the same place year after year. It is not a disaster, but there is a mountain yet to climb. I still like the metaphor of ...