I've noticed two things today:
1) I miss meditating.
2) Laziness can be a good thing.
This came about as I was clearing out emails, specifically the politcal ones I've signed up for. Opinionated thing that I am, I enjoy participating in email campaigns and signing the petitions I agree with. The trends from our pseudo-elected leaders (I like the "a bunch of idiots got together to vote for the biggest idiot" analogy) have been very disturbing lately. Honestly, I've started to wonder why I bother telling them what I think, but I noticed that 2 of my senators actually changed their position on the arctic drilling in the most recent vote, so it's nice to feel I had a small part in that. Still, overall the idiots seem content to pander to the more extreme right wing fanatics, even when most studies show the country overwhelmingly does not. Some of the issues, I honestly feel strongly enough about that I could see myself causing violence... if I weren't generally lazy. This brought up observation number 2. Laziness is a good thing when it keeps me out of trouble.
Still, not doing anything beyond emailing doesn't change the fact that I do feel very strongly about a lot of political issues. What bothers me sometimes is that there are at least as many people who feel just as strongly for the other sides. Who's right? I know what I believe is right, but sometimes there's just so much insignificant noise that gets dredged up in the arguements, that it's hard to tell. That's why I love meditating.
When I can get into a really good meditation (which happens less and less since the only good time I can is while the kid's asleep, and let's face it, I am too), I can just focus on a topic. After a while, the stuf that doesn't matter just doesn't make sense anymore. Not as in "why would I have ever thought that?", but as in " ". It no longer exists. I've been making a conscious effort to meditate more. Along with writing more. So far, no conclusions on the writing side, but I have been getting more sleep. Something tells me I need to find a time to meditate other than right before bed...