This Sunday our priest gave a sermon on the basic principle of trust in God.

The past few days I have had a great deal of fear of losing my home and things that I value.

Yesterday I griped at my wife about the direction that we are on and her decisions that put us in this position.  I immediately felt remorseful and thought that perhaps I had fallen back to a position that I don't actually hold any longer.   In thinking about how my wife coerced me back into school, I thought about incredibly valuable, in fact, priceless my new education is to me.  I thought about how indebted I am to her for everything good in my life including my home, kids, and past career success.

I owe her an apology.

Today I was afraid of not having books for my class.  At class I found myself easily able to keep up and not missing too much from not having the book.

After class I found renewed optimism in my current direction in life.  Some human behavior concepts clicked for me and I sort of sensed the scope and depth of my education.  Suddenly the career horizon seemed immensely more expansive.  I felt exceedingly motivated.

I've been thinking about a characteristic of perception of depth.  That good judgement depends on depth of focus.  One must be able to adjust between micro and macro focus when assessing behavior or other problems.

I was very happy to figure out how to check out my textbook online this afternoon and to get an ebook trial to see the first chapter.

I got to take my son to all-star team practice today.  He had trouble fielding grounders showing some fear to get down on hot ones.  I resolved to have a talk with him about this.  But, on his last one he stayed in front of the ball and took it in the chest on a hop.  He showed no fear nor complaint.  I couldn't have been prouder of him for correcting his mistakes himself.  He is a better man than me.

Thanks be to God for this glorious day.