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I\u2019m an introvert. I come from a long line of men who take life slowly, keep things simple, and enjoying the grace of quiet. Like anyone though, I love spending time with friends, traveling, and so on. I just can\u2019t do that much of it before I\u2019m exhausted. And grumpy.<\/p>\n

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And summertime in Montana seems to equal hang-out time for \u2018kids\u2019 my age. And so it goes. A weekend at the lake for the fourth. Beer with professors, followed by dinner with a high school friend passing through, and then just hanging out with other old friends from my philosophy days. Tonight I teach, then should go to sangha, but I\u2019ve been invited to two gatherings I feel somewhat obliged to attend\u2026 But\u2026 Really? Should I? \u00a0I\u2019m thinking no.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I pack and may take a trip to Helena (with all of my upcoming travels I\u2019ll be leaving my apartment here). Then Friday \u2013 folk festival in Butte<\/a>? Saturday an advanced Chi Running clinic; Sunday the half-marathon, followed by World Cup final, followed by my going away party. Deep breath. Next week seems chill \u2013 at last.Until Friday when I board my plane to L.A. And Sat-Mon when I\u2019ll be camping on Catalina Island with my sister and hopefully making my way eastward to see a friend on the other side of L.A. Then Tuesday, it\u2019s Taiwan time. Luckily an American friend I met last year in China will be there so I\u2019ll have a guide and translator for the two days in Taipei before being whisked south to Fo Guan Shan\u2019s giant temple in the south of the country for three weeks of monkish life. Oh lord how I look forward to that.<\/p>\n

Of course I\u2019ll sneak in my computer and teaching materials for India to prep a bit here and there.<\/p>\n

Enough whining, eh?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a beautiful day here in Western Montana and I should be out doing something. \u00a0Or just meditating a bit right here, right now. Ahhhh. That\u2019s better. The introvert\u2019s mind is set at ease. The world is again a place of joy.<\/p>\n

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