This morning I woke up and watched the animated Gospel stories with the kids.  We watched the story of Jesus as a boy in the temple, His baptism, and the 40 days in the desert when He had to be tested and persevere in God's will.  I related to Him in both accounts, as a boy speaking provisionally to the authorities in the temple about the true nature of the law as the means but that the ends, or faith in the heart was what was truly important.   Also, in His time in the desert I thought of how I must persevere in my current isolation and accept that it is God's will for me.

During the day I started running on self-propulsion.  I never really lost my temper or anything but at some point I lost my gratitude at a low level.  It was a really good and productive day.  I got some homework done last night and this morning and I kept the kids fed and monitored TV and got them outside some.  The house was clean and I did an emergency repair on a broken drawer.  But, when my wife came home I should have had a better attitude.

I got to go to a meeting where they read "each person is like an actor" again.

Thanks be to God.