#18 May 1, 2021

Dear Mike,

The weather is 62 degrees.  Perfection is probably 72 degrees.  I cooked some ribs. I think I over salted it.  

The ice maker is on the fritz.  

My mind keeps churning the idea of binary thinking, black or white, right or wrong.  The brain does tend toward simplifying and simplicity.  We struggle with areas of gray when simplicity dictates that truth is in the white or black.  Pick a side any side.  Once you've decided then your subconscious gives you five reasons why you were right.  

Even my mind Mike!  I was so quick with Stan to see the injustice in what he was doing, to see the ways that he was manipulating me, the ways that he was a predator.  I found him a  threat.  Maybe if I was on the Buddhist path I would have lingered in gray areas.  I could have helped him realize what he was doing was wrong instead of labeling him, then distancing him, and finally denegrating him.  

I fixed the ice maker.  I think it ran out of water then that threw off all the settings.  I'm back in business!