Never Entertain a Thought before Coffee

I have a negative, worrying mind in the morning.

Always have, probably always will.

From getting ready to leave the house to the drive into town, I worry, ruminate, resent, get pissed, more worry, second guessing, get anxious and generally have a bad time.

Then I consume sweet, precious, transformational coffee at breakfast.

Positive, sunny, optimistic, happy, fun, outgoing, pleasant, loving thoughts and conversations.

New Rule: No acting on thoughts before coffee.

It just isn't worth it. No matter how potent the thought...actually the more potent the thought is, the more seductive...it should never, ever, not-in-a-million-years be acted on.

This morning I was full of second guessing thoughts.

I shouldn't have moved to Panama, who would leave a perfectly good country anyway, I miss the 4th of July, I miss (fill in the blank here) and on and on and on and on...

After coffee, I had great conversations with friends at Olga's, a wonderful work out at the gym with hilarious antics and a perfectly agreeable ride home plus a deep sense of appreciation for my new home in Panama.

Just goes to show you, it is the simple things that trip you up.

But the solution is simple too. Just don't pay any attention to those pesky thoughts before coffee.

What do you thing, am I addicted to the stuff or what?

Let the addiction flow!

It is so much better than an non-coffeed world.

We are off to a small 4th of July party at noon. Then maybe on to a restaurant with world class jazz or we could go to another restaurant and see really good rock and roll. Maybe some fireworks tonight.

Who knows?

Happy 4th of July to everyone at home!