I called to make an appointment for Elsa's grooming for next Friday. The Dog Groomer guy works from 6 am to 12 pm. He's supposed to be good, and he's half the cost of Petco.
After Bikram, I did some healing work on one of the students who complained of terrible pain for days. I love doing healing. I love discovering the unexpected. What was expected was that the source of the pain wasn't where it hurt. As I think of it, I think I was working at the upper end of her psoas muscle. That would explain a lot of things.
I went to Island Naturals to buy some almonds to compensate for the scrawny almond chips in the Hersey's milk chocolate with almonds nuggets. Then I went to Costco to get gas. When I left there, I immediately dialed the NJ Department of Benefits and Pensions. I want to check that I am claiming zero deductions, so I can contribute to the tax bill before next April. Mike claimed three deductions. He always believed that money was better in his pocket than someone else's. Fortunately, we had money to pay the bill at the end of the year, so it wasn't a source of conflict. According to his memory, his parents fought about money nonstop. It was a touchy issue for him.
I didn't get to speak to an agent from the NJ Benefit and Pension Department until I got home. There was something like a twenty-minute wait. They confirmed that I had claimed zero deductions.
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Musings:
Hidden Brain had a program on rebels. Rebels are people who break the rules. What makes for good rule-breakers versus bad ones? How about morals. How about having the attitude that the civil rights leaders maintained. I shared the passage below about a week ago. It deserved to be included here too. I may include it in every entry. I think it is that vital. Heaven protect me from do-gooders who believe that just because they mean well or have a worthy cause, they will do no harm by whatever standard they use. My mom was like that. Yikes!
Here's the passage which Brooks included in his book describing the introspection the civil rights leaders demanded of themselves.
"Even in the midst of these confrontations, Randolph, rusting, and the other civil rights activists were in their best moments aware that they were in danger of being corrupted by their aggressive actions In the best moments they understood that they would become guilty of self-righteousness because their cause was just; they would become guilty of smugness as their cause moved successfully forward; they would become vicious and tribal as group confronted group; they would become more dogmatic and simplistic as they used propaganda to mobilize their followers; they would become more vain as their audiences enlarged; their hearts would harden as the conflict grew more dire and their hatred for their enemies deepened; they would be compelled to make morally tainted choices as they got closer to power; the more they altered history, the more they would be infected by pride. P.148 Brooks. Road to Character.
