Things get easier with time. It was a good day if not a great one. It was a day of no great shakes but also a day of no real regrets. Here initially I work for no regrets and rejoice when I encounter none.

If I can get things on the steady track then I would like to get back to more largely critical topics. That means topics of import regarding society, culture, and politics. The world has not improved much since I last spoke of her and this great country continues along what could be her ultimate demise but is at the very best certainly a slide toward something I fear and even know is worse still in the long run.

For what is worse: a good man who dies a premature death or a good man who is changed to evil? The contrast between life and death holds no candle to that between good and evil.

Enough on that for now. Back to me and my resolve.

Things are improving slowly and mainly with my approach and my attitude. Those are keys. Things do not just get better; they seem to get better and that alone can make people feel better and is rather then a self-activating catalyst. Perception is a very powerful influencer and can bring about some wonderful changes.

But it must be genuine at some point and not contrived. You can fake something at first until it fits a bit better but eventually it needs to become real in order to be of any significant benefit. You should believe and in believing the reality can change…for the better. And with that change can come more change.

What am I saying? Well, grab an idea or feeling you wish to pursue and just start out by doing what you can to move toward it and act, if you must, like that progress is happening. Put on that face; act as if you have “been there before.” Before very long the costume begins to fit a bit better and your surroundings feel a bit more comfortable, a bit more natural. And with those actuated feelings come more genuine ones. Self-fulfilling, self-propelling. Your boat, your motor.

It is Sunday and today I resolve to get as much done from my list as I can but I also resolve to continue along the renewed path I have attempted. No backsliding and no turning back. The shoes feel comfortable, the shirt and pants fit well; the day breaks out in sunshine after an overnight rainfall and it feels right, it feels as if I should be here. I feel more like I do belong and there is a purpose to me and to this life as I strive to live it.

I hope that this can spill over to the ones I love for that is the ultimate objective. All of this and the world not for me (though it will make me feel better, will indeed make me better) but for them.

Only then can I rise to meet the day and get on with what remains from God of my living here on this earth. I hope that the good times proceed with all further ado. We could all use better days.