i saw a lot of wonderful things and wondered about many other things in february. one thing that i wondered about was my definition quest. do i need it anymore? it occurred to me that the quest has been a set of mindfulness training wheels. the words that i've chosen have helped me be more mindful of my surroundings, and i find that i need to focus on the words less. looking carefully at the world with a positive, or at least neutral, view has become just the way i live my life. as i look back, the words i chose in the fall really helped me out of a very difficult phase of my recovery.

today i spent time looking at old friends in new ways. this afternoon i had lunch with a friend from elementary school, and a friend i made after i moved away from the town where i went to elementary school. both are excellent people, and i enjoyed the collision of two worlds. i loved seeing them together. i got to laugh a lot.