Happy Monday!

It could be just another day in the life of a retired guy, but this Monday seems like the early coming of spring! With the freshly acquired later hour of daylight (which I happen to think is stupid) and some warmer temperatures this week, it does, in fact, feel like spring has arrived.

However, it is only the tenth of March and this is SWMO, so one would be foolish to believe that winter has completely left us. I will enjoy these warmer days while keeping the sweatpants and flannel shirts handy for the cooler days that will surely reappear. 

As for the Monday Meditation thing --
I've been thinking about stuff lately, the kind of stuff that we get attached to and brings us both joy and suffering.

Buddhist tradition teaches that stuff (or the attachment to it) is the source of suffering.
Mesoamerican mystics believe(d) that we are addicted to suffering.
Jesus referred to it as worry and asked -- Why do you worry about everything?

How much of my daily existence is connected to and defined by stuff?
(By the way, you can include people and relationships in with stuff as those are also a part of joy and suffering.) 
What stuff would I be better off getting rid of?
Are attachments or connections to certain things or people a cause of stress or suffering in my life?
Am I addicted to suffering? Has it (suffering) become a way of life?

Just stuff I've been considering lately.

John