My Bedrock

I do not know what I am doing.

Went for afternoon nap. Woke from nap and realized it was early, before 0500 and therefore went back to sleep. Slept until 0700. Which I now realize is not 0700 but is actually 1900. Have this horrible sense of “How did I manage to do that?” It is a very negative feeling, as if I am adrift in space and unable to become anchored.
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Learning to Dance the Stair Step

In the course of living our lives, we develop innate trust in our interpretation of personal sense data. We maintain unreserved confidence in our ability to correctly interpret the minutiae of our experience. This development is guided by family, by social relations, by our cultural milieu, and through formal learning. We call this learned capacity “maturation” and accept it as a mark of adulthood.
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