You bring up a good point: fear is as necessary in the palette as all the rest of the emotions/reactions. And like the rest, can be a map. So absolutely, I’m not against fear per se, and if it comes across that way, it’s just baaaad communicating on my part.

Derek - That Krishnamurti was no slouch.

I’m just starting to get around to this kind of non-thinking as thinking way. Such a Westerner, I know. One of these days, I’m even going to get off my ass and sit down.

Why is fear always looked at as a weakness or an undesirable emotion? Fear can sometimes be very beneficial. It warns us of impending danger, stops us from making bad decisions and sometimes even gets us to change what needs changing. I say embrace your fears and investigate why you are feeling them. It just might be the Universe telling you something.

The more of us who feel it early on and can connect and say, “Hey, yeah, these feelings are real and this stuff is happening and what’s up with YOU and what happens NEXT?”, the better.

And yes, my new and very wise friend, that is cool, indeedy-do.

GirlPie - Thanks. I wish I could take credit, but it was one of those things (okay, three of those things) that just popped into my head. And yeah, always on the flexibility. A state of balanced readiness is probably best for most things.

That starting/stopping on time is the toughie and cramps my creative spirit, but I really like the idea. So I’ll see how different days of the week call for different ‘meeting times’ (my tea+RSS Reader mtg starts after my housework mtg but before client mtgs, but that may be late-day sometimes) and — I’ll practice flexibility.

Thanks for the great hook to hang my thoughts on!