Earth Day

. Today is Earth Day. I've been hearing stories about people doing some great things around here. Laguna Woods is handing out something like 2,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs, there are festivals going on in L.A. and elsewhere. Here's a good site to visit. There are probably lots of them. Devon and I said we wouldn't drive anywhere today, which is more of a luxury for us than a good deed. Devon had to go to the Dr.'s office which happens to be right across the street from my work, so we had a wonderful walk together as a family. It's only about 2.5 miles from our house. The funny thing is that I woke up this morning forgetting that I was going to walk to work, and I immediately thought about all the things I have to do today, and how busy I am, blah blah blah, and then I remembered that I had to walk to work. I was forced to give up my task-oriented goals for the day (of course I'll still do all I can, just with a different attitude), and the stress of those goals went with them. So we walked and we had great conversation and I began my day with a sense of peace. And I thought I was participating in a good cause...yeah, my soul. It's interesting how things are connected.