Un-homed But Not Unhinged: Going with the Flow

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It sounds easier than it is; this idea of moving along where life brings you. Some people do it in completely transitory fashion, bouncing around from place to place. But in the case of being un-homed, at least for me, it鈥檚 more a function of accepting the flow of circumstances around me.

I certainly try my best, but there are moments like today when everything is just that half a step off. I can imagine it being like having a dance partner that is doing something different than you are. Somehow there isn鈥檛 the rhythm that you expected to find when you set out and said 鈥渢his seems like a good idea.鈥

Today it amounted to changes of schedule, not getting down to the Natatorium this morning, eating lunch late, and several other small things popping up. Just missing the shower alone is kind of humbug for starting the day off badly. But when your commute to your shower is interrupted what else can you do but try to shrug it off and move onwards.

At least my closet (you call it a van) got a shower the other day. That was one of my birthday goals. And thanks to the Shell service station folks even some of the wheezing was relieved as some much needed fluids were added, specifically power steering fluid. Who knew that steering fluid deficiency could make such racket like an asthmatic elephant?

Fortunately I got through the day as some flow caught up with my being in one spot all day. I sure hope tomorrow is a better one.

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  • Joe Bright
    Joe Bright
    Joe Bright is a graduate of Iolani School and went on to study art at The Cooper Union School of Art in New York City, and later Chinese medicine at The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. Joe currently runs a small acupuncture clinic, Kama鈥檃ina Acupuncture in Kapahulu as the first dedicated low-cost 鈥渃ommunity acupuncture鈥 clinic in Honolulu. Joe has a varied background that has included working as a bicycle mechanic, freelance artist, teaching calligraphy and Tai Chi, a nanny, and even a CEO of a small entrepreneurial company. He continues to create art, even having work recently appear at the Honolulu Academy of Arts as well the Bishop Museum. He also continues with entrepreneurial projects when possible and serves on the Board of Directors for a local Buddhist meditation organization, Vipassana Hawai鈥檌.
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