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A thousand details, one at a time

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

Mother Teresa said that, and it was the perfect reminder I needed this morning to start tackling my day.

Later…

I read that quote this morning and it did get me going. The challenge now is to keep going until it’s all finished.

Much, much later…

Well, I couldn’t get it all done before coming home, so for the first time this week I’m working late into the evening. There were just a few too many details requiring completion.

Oh well.

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Slogging through the day

Yep, this was a slogging through it kind of day, from start to finish.

I resonated with the word, but had to look it up to make sure I was using it right. But, yeah, “to slog” is to walk or plod heavily; to toil. And “a slog” is a long, tiring walk or march; long, laborious work.

Which is how today felt.

It started with me oversleeping, followed by needed but unexpected calls and visits.

Then laundry, laundry, and more laundry.

Emails, organizing, details, and more emails.

Feeling tired throughout but trying not to let the crankiness take over. Sigh.

The good news is I got a lot done. The less-than-good-news is that I didn’t exactly stay centered in my inner peace and joy.

Oh well, all we can do is give it our best from moment to moment.

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Almost SRW time again

Yep, Spiritual Renewal Week (SRW) is almost here. Which means I’ve been knuckling down and wrestling with details galore.

But first I had to break though some serious resistance. Thank goodness it’s behind me and things are (finally) progressing.

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Playing blog hooky

Today was a full immersion back into my workaday world. Meetings, emails, and lots and lots of details.

So, tonight I’m playing blog hooky and not writing much of anything.

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Ready or not

I’m almost mostly ready. Suitcase is packed but there are still a lot of little details to handle early tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, it’s taken until after midnight to get this far. Arrgghhh!

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The pieces are all in place

We just had our final run-through for tomorrow night’s Oratorio performance and all the pieces are officially in place and ready to go.

Choir, soloists, instrumentals. Sound, lights, song lists. Knowing who goes where and when — and what color they’re wearing. 😊🌈

A myriad of details, but tomorrow we’ll do our best to set them all aside and simply let the inspiration flow.

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I still remember how

Can’t remember the last time I sat up late handwriting music parts; it’s surely been decades and decades.

Fun to watch little details come back to me…and I’m grateful for it, too.

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Taking the plunge

Tomorrow morning is the Sevaka Order retreat, which is pretty much the warmup act to Spiritual Renewal Week.

Spiritual Renewal Week is pretty much the biggest week of the year at Ananda Village, with classes every morning; special events pretty much every afternoon and evening; and guests joining from all around the globe.

Music in a variety of forms is featured every day throughout the week. I think we’ve got all our music bases covered, but I’m so “detailed out” at the moment it’s hard to be sure.

Regardless — tomorrow we take the plunge and it all begins!

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Swimming in details

We are fully back to our traditional (as in “pre-pandemic”) Spiritual Renewal Week, which means a Tuesday night concert with approximately 30 singers from Ananda Village and an additional 35 or so singers from Ananda communities around the world.

And only one rehearsal. Which not everyone will arrive in time to attend.

Then there’s chanting and a song before each weekday class. Plus a kirtan. And an Indian banquet with a musical entertainment component.

I was tempted to title today’s blog: “Drowning in details,” but that would be an exaggeration. I just have to keep going and I’m fine.

But if I were stop and try to tread water, it would be all over.