Welcome to your first Metaphorical post of 2007. This space took yesterday off to watch football with Dad. And wasn’t that Oklahoma – Boise State game a hootenanny? A real kick in the pants. Boise deserved it though, they really did. I’ve never seen a college team play with more heart.

Anyway, I need to get outta here, and go for a walk in the morning sun. Here’s your ponderable, to kick off the year. Oh, I almost forgot: Notice that the title hereof is Happy Year. Whether it’s new or not is up to us.

Evil is like a shadow – it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.
-Shakti Gawain