kismet09

borrowed from aracknee
December 16, 2004
( 10 Ways To Be A Better Person )

Three more days of work (this one included! And this one is short!) and I'm off to Chicago. I have much to get done before I leave, as usual. Presents to wrap, make, finish. House to clean. Students to advise. Letters to write. Holiday cards to send. Blah blah blah - this is more or less the same list that I keep repeating to myself every day.

Last night, in celebration of Tim's defending the proposal for his dissertation study (now he actually gets to start his study, which is good, since all plans were already in place to start on 1/3 or so), we went out to dinner at White Tiger, which is Indian food in DC. It was tasty, as usual, and I even put up with the excessive (to me) doses of cilantro on my soup and chicken makhani. Came home and watched television while I finished knitting a hat, and boy sat and drank some nice Spanish red from our Riedel crystal glasses.

No more classes, so we had a more leisurely morning, and didn't leave for school til 8 or so, instead of the usual 7:15. This gave me more time to drink the lovely coffee that maratcal sent as part of my Christmas present (it's really good!), so I'm a little more twitchy than usual this morning.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the change to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits onself, then providence moves too.

All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of incidents and meetings and material assistance which no person would have believed would have come their way. Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.

--Goethe