Shorts when it's cold

This is a short, because there is much to do. A story I shared with my volunteer class the other day, on the topic of making good use of your time. A devotee was sitting with a spiritual master, and asked how they could fit into the day all the things they were trying to do, when it constantly felt like there wasn't enough time. (I can relate, obviously, so this story is for me most of all, thus why I remember it, perhaps.) The Master asked, "did you eat today?" student/devotee "yes..." "did you use the restroom?" "yes...?" 'so then, you do have time, for the things that are really important to you. It is not a matter of not having enough time, it is a matter of priorities. If you really feel something must get done, it will get done.'

I don't know if those were the exact words, but that was the jist. It's making me reflect for myself: what are my actual priorities? Am I acting on them? Is there something I really should prioritize, that I'm not, and instead doing something easy or fun or that has a false sense of urgency or importance? An interesting question to ask oneself. 

(And yes, I know it's important to have fun, play, and rest sometimes as well. I do plenty of that, I don't need help with that, so I'm not focused on it. Though I could probably stand to focus on more high-quality forms of rest and play, that give me more bang for my time buck.)

And that's my short for the day, though it is conversly time to pack up my shorts for the season, since it's finally getting cold now. Though it's in that transition period, where it goes from the 40's and 50's at night, to the 70's during the day, so it does get hot by the afternoon, in the sun. But I'm not going to switch to shorts partway through the day.

Oh, did I mention the groundhog? Suzannah set a trap, but no luck. It triggered it the first night but didn't get caught, and has left it alone since then. We may need a different approach, like the groundhog stinkballs to discourage them from hanging out under our shed.