[GiveLove]

I have always been the family peace-maker and smooth-over-er as well.

I realized today, at school, that I am not yet free of this tendency. The professor was passing a roll sheet around the class, and I signed it and passed it along. But then I found my self wondering if the person I passed it to, who was in a row of desks all by herself, was going to have to get up to give it to the next person. For seconds, I actually worried about that.

I worry about other people toasting their toast too long, whether the person I hold the door open for, holds it open for the next person, etc. etc. I don't obsess, but these thoughts just don't seem to ever truly go away.

I have just shortened the length of time they're allowed to hang around in my head, from hours to minutes to seconds.

Letting go of other peoples' choices, it seems, will be a lifelong learning process.

Thanks, TC