Okay, Jay, here is my very short response without stopping: I know your face and it’s kind serene and gentle like your words it’s a relief at this time of rioting reacting and violence there is so much good and wisdom here to witness to ask questions is this true do I believe this whose voice is this I love stream of consciousness like I am watering my garden and the flow stops and I follow the hose over the wall around the corner and find the kink yes I can always return to the flow I love your writing - it touches me deeply. Thank you. And I met you through Bill, at our book group. Good luck with returning home.

Hopefully by now the logic of reflective practice is clear, but there’s something mysterious about why it’s so helpful. Somehow, just by documenting my thoughts and analyzing them, I feel a weight lift. The sore spots feel a bit better. I feel a sense of release and opening. The baby’s sleeping, my back’s okay, and home is here and now. Surprisingly often, you don’t actually have to do anything about the patterns you find. Sometimes just noticing them is enough.