Beware of Darkness

Watch out now, take care
Beware of falling swingers
Dropping all around you
The pain that often mingles
In your fingertips
Beware of darkness

Watch out now, take care
Beware of the thoughts that linger
Winding up inside your head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night

Beware of sadness
It can hit you
It can hurt you
Make you sore and what is more
That is not what you are here for

Watch out now, take care
Beware of soft shoe shufflers
Dancing down the sidewalks
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly
Beware of Maya

Watch out now, take care
Beware of greedy leaders
They take you where you should not go
While Weeping Atlas Cedars
They just want to grow, grow and grow
Beware of darkness.

--George Harrison

The last day

It is so hard to work the day before vacation begins. I've been here since 6:30 and haven't done much of anything (other than mess around). I can't even get a handle on what I ought to accomplish before I leave.

I was very much surprised and touched this morning by the generosity of my coworkers. They went around the hospital collecting money to give us for our trip. When I got here, they handed me a card and big wad of cash.

I can't begin to describe the generosity of the people I work with. They have been so supportive through all of this--making meals when Arlina was in the hospital, listening wen I needed to talk, providing me a shoulder to cry on.

I don't know how to repay kindness like this.