Daily musing #3 - Surrounded

I feel a bit surrounded lately. Constant work drama, coupled with the impossible task of parenting toddlers on summer break while Sara and I both try to do our jobs. Friends and family processing trauma. Finally, it's 103 degrees outside for the foreseeable future. It's a lot. It probably doesn't help that the world appears near collapse and the country is facing its most formidable challenges in, at least, my lifetime. That said, I can't help but feel I'm headed in the right direction. What is this immortal instinct? Is it all wise, or a wild and untethered hallucination, clinging to the innocent genius of youth before the world relentlessly gave us “what for”? Whatever it is, I am both conscious of and grateful for my inherent optimism, and I will nurture and care for it. It is a privilege to preserve the resource which has fed me throughout years of adventure.