The other day we spent in the yard.  Gettig leaves out of awkward places for mulching. Whipper snippering, mowing.  The yard looked a picture.  Not a leaf in sight on the lawn.  Today was a different story.  Leaves were on the lawn.
Believe it or not it got me thinking about the way things are.  Today I was talking to a fella and he mentioned in relation to something else, how he had lived near a highway.  He said he could dust and five minutes later the dust would be on things again.  I find that at home.  When working inside we can dust but as sure as eggs the dust will be back.  Maybe not obviously in five minutes, but a few days later it is there.
It had me wondering about things.  I thought how like life that is.  I seek peace and tranquillity and a life free of problems.  There is no doubt I attain it for a while.  Then problems set in for the next challenge.  It had me thinking that that is the way it will be in this life.  I am confident the future will be different, but right now trouble is a companion.
It seems totally against the grain but that is the way that is best for me.  I think of the movie Walle.  The people in space had all they wanted whenever they wanted it.  They grew to the point where they could hardly use their legs.  They didn’t need to.  They were transported everywhere.  But they came back to planet earth and started again.  They realized that what they had wanted was not what was best for them.
I think on that basis I need to have realistic expectations.  I am dreaming if I think a life of ease is what is best for me.  It seems to me that even if obtain what I am looking for, I will still know trouble.  If it does not come from without it will come from within.  Yet I grow through trouble.  It is never sought but happens.  It is not easy, but it is best for me right now.
Like in the yard, I can make improvements, but it will always need to be maintained.  Weeds will grow.  A better set up can be sought and gotten.  Yet no matter what there will always be maintenance and a desire for improvement.

There was something written in the James Clear email I really liked.  It was actually about likes – highlighting the difference between wants and likes.   It said,
"Focus on your likes, not your wants.
You may not want to exercise, but you like how it makes you feel.  
You may not want to write, but you like the feeling of accomplishment.
You may not want to wake up early, but you like the calm beauty of morning.
Wanting is the desire you feel before doing something. Liking is the satisfaction you feel after doing something..."
One of the titles of this email was “the power of going for it.”  I looked to see where that came in.  I guess this quote is a going for it thing.
I actually like very much the thought of going for it.  Making decisions based not so much on a safe way but an adventurous way.  A going for it built on what I want and like no matter how “out there” the methodology may be. 
It is outcomes or likes that motivate me.  I totally believe that what I go for should be something that benefits myself and others rather than something that destroys and benefits only myself.   To me that is not what it is about.  I want my likes to benefit as many as possible.  It may sound noble, but I have found that in meeting the needs of others, my needs are met.  Win/win I reckon.
The going for it is an encouragement to pursue a worthwhile cause in the face of adversity.  That actually makes a lot of sense to me.  It is easy to go for something when the winds are fair, but it is far harder to remain committed to something in a storm.  Some things it seems need riding out.
I am encouraged by the fact that storms always end.  The condition the vessel (which is me) is in at storms end, is dependent on how sturdy was my commitment in the first place.  There is nothing like a test of my wants and likes to show much something means to me.

I keep forgetting.  This time though I thought I would look into it and not defer my celebration.
This is article 2404.  That is over 6.5 years of posts.  It is something I do daily.  I have only not done it a couple of times.  It has been when people have passed away that were close to me or someone close to someone close to me.
Other than that, I have posted regularly.  Admittedly sometimes I really wonder what I am going to write about.  Even at 2400 it can seem I have exhausted stuff.  Once upon a time I had a number of articles I had written but not posted.  I sometimes used them.
But those days are over.  And so the birth of “dictionary day.”    I have endeavoured to make a point of writing about whatever came up in dictionary day.  Sometimes they have been real dozies.  I have needed to look into it further to get a picture of what a word referred to.
The one article I did not post was a dictionary word.  I felt the word was too religious and some things I do not get anything out of and feel the pursuit of it is actually counter productive.
The way I am can be summed up in a song I love.  “I’m not one who has it all in place telling you what you should do.  I’m just one ol hungry beggar showing you where I found food.”  Truth be known that sums up my faith.  Food is there if someone wants it.  It would not be right if I did not attempt to show where food is and it would not be right for me to attempt to make another eat.
I looked up the title of this. “Yay.”  A question was asked I would never think to ask. “Is Yay a noun or a adverb?”  I can’t even say “good question” as I had not thought to go there.
So I write.  Why?  It is good for me and hopefully not bad for you.  I enjoy writing even when it is just a discipline.  Sometimes I want to go for it and other times I would prefer to not.  Yet I always do it, and it always does me good.
2404.  Yay!