Atonement

The Intensity Principal means that I no longer volunteer for activities which bore me, which  I have  found  inevitably lead to boring  results. That imp[lies 95% of all teevee, all ice cream, all buttered toast and salt  crackers. There is no novelty promised in these  wasteful and unhealthy pursuits.

Today I am in  for more dentistry. 90 or more minutes with Roy, a doc whom I love. But no dentist has  caused me more pain  for a solid  hour. I am thinking I must endure his ministrations as a way of  atoning for my careless and lazy attention  to my teeth. I am as lazy with my dental hygiene as I am with my boat maintenance. But  this omission  is personal. I have often said that each hour in the dentist's chair shortens one's life by two hours. He's going to give me laughing  gas while I'm sitting in  the chair of death? That's no laughing matter, Doc. Even if it seems ironically  appropriate.

This will be  an intense morning. I had better attend  to as many affairs as I can. Later, when I'm in the chair, I can mediate and reflect further on my life's path. Assuming I am to be granted the grace of having a path forward.