My Comfort Zone

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 Warm thoughts and love go out to my son this morning who spent the night in the hospital last night.  Looks like everything is improving.  I decided to save Easter for later, which is why I wrote about the Easter Bunny instead this past Easter.  I have more to say about it, but I want to comment on something else this morning and I'll get back to my thinking this morning.  I read an article about Jack Nicholson yesterday morning.  He lives in a five million dollar 3300 square foot home.  He's 86 now and has many friends and fans worried about him.  He's become a recluse, or so it seems, leaving many worried he now has dementia.

Marlon Brando was a beloved actor whose last days were much like Nicholson's now.  This is the comparison many are making between the two.  Brando loved being seen.  But in his last days he was very much alone.  And Nicholson seems to be repeating Brando's steps.  Why does this seem to be important news to me?  It happens in the latter stages of the lives of famous outgoing people.  And it always makes friends and fans alike worry.  Is Nicholson okay?  He's leaving many wondering.

I mention this because my comfort zone isn't complete solitude, but I like to be alone a lot.  My memory isn't what it was, but still my mind is sharp and focused.  But my comfort zone IS my Spirituality.  My family knows this about me.  However, Nicholson's reason isn't my reason.  It's totally different.  And THAT is my point.  If Nicholson had some kind of Divine experience that caused him to withdraw, that would be known.  But it seems the reason is anything but.

A person knows when his days are numbered.  Age has a lot to do with it.  I'm just not there.  But my Spirituality is my comfort zone.  And that brings me to the Easter Bunny for Easter.  It's the same as my writung about Santa Claus for Christmas.  My Spiritual day is April 12.  That is a day for both Christmas and Easter.  I can't explain it any other way.  Most of you know why.  I might explain more in a week, but I haven't thought that far ahead, but I am thinking about it.  

It seems to me that both Christmas and Easter be the same day, but I'll make it so for myself.  But my Spirituality IS my comfort zone.  I just can't write about it every day, because it's the same every day.  Every day could always be Christmas and Easter and in some ways every day is.  I don't take time off from being a Spiritual person.  And I'd be very dull writing about it every day.

But a week from now IS different.  And I'll have something to say then.  Already I'm thinking about it, but just thinking.  My thoughts haven't come together yet.  So, I'll write about other things like I did the Easter Bunny.  I'm saving the best for next week.  But my thoughts and prayers go out to Jack Nicholson this morning.  I wish him well.  He is the last of the greats.  Not that there aren't more but his life has always been public.  He loved to be seen and he loved his fans.

But as I ponder next week, I'm thinking about what I'll write tomorrow and the mornings following.  Believe me when I say I always have something on my mind.  I'll smoke my pipe in order to think, relax, and meditate.  Today it is my Peterson Irish Harp pipe with some of Sutliff's Match Sunrise and a hot cup of Mexican black coffee.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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