Shriek with Joy

I had a friend who used to talk about type one error versus type two. Type one error is where you fail to consider all the options and parameters of a situation and then, of course, that situation gets the better of you. Type two error is where you exhaustively study all those options and parameters, and plan accordingly, only to be outsmarted by unforeseen, random factors. I am type one. Hisae is type two. The combination works well in a business partnership. I am not sure about a marriage. I am not sure if Hisae would want to marry me, but I would marry her. Not because she is type two but because she is a wonderful human being. Anyway, I better stop writing this nonsense or Gram is going to think I am going to marry Hisae. I've had a nagging headache all day long and I don't know why. Maybe it's due to all of this pondering of nonsense.

I am meeting some really wonderful people through teaching yoga. I was thinking about my good fortune in friendship today when some guy started screaming at me from his car because he could not get by me on the street. It was one of those situations where one of us had to back-up and I could tell by the rage in his eyes that it would not be him. His face contorted as he screamed at me. This might have been the first instance when I have felt my meditation practice at work. I looked at him with compassion and backed up. Sometimes staying quiet and backing away is the best option. His rage was not about me at all. This incident was on my way home from Vanderbilt Medical Group office in Franklin. I am starting to teach a yoga class to some doctors there next week. I'm excited about it.

Edie's friend Sarah came over after school. I love to listen to them shriek with joy as they roll down the hill in the front yard. I hope Edie never stops shrieking with joy.

Tonight Edie asked me which I love more: going to bed or exercising. I could not answer her question. I love them both. Right now my book and bed awaits. I am reading The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz. It's about her work merging market systems with development and social empowerment which led her to create the Acumen Fund for entrepreneurs in developing nations. It focuses mostly on her work in Rwanda but also in India and Pakistan. I've been really immersed in reading stories about people who have done amazing things to help bridge the gap between the rich and poor. It makes me acutely aware of my good intentions and lack of action, and that is what I am craving these days-- a good kick in the butt.