Today's Upbeat Treacle

Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof, and insufficient is the money, but I kept being struck by worthwhile stuff in the course of the day. The cat jumped up on my office desk and sat contentedly at the window, gazing at things outside that were of interest to a cat. Considering the trouble and expense we've gone to to keep the little fellow healthy, that's something of a triumph. And it's nice to live in a place where a cat feels content. Part of the way a cat gets through life is by judging whether there's trouble brewing, and when a cat feels content, things generally are calm. The alley he was looking out on was relatively free of things like rioting mobs, for example, and not everyone in the world can say that. Just birds, squirrels, normal peaceful stuff. So that's a couple of blessings to count right there. Then I went out for lunch and was struck by the intense scarlet of the flowers outside the town's Roman Catholic church. It was a red that just burned, even on a shady street. And then there was the taco I bought: rapturously delicious, for less than two bucks. Which helps when you're trying to economize, so the flavor and the price are both, again, blessings to count. So its a day like most days; you weigh the evil thereof and the good thereof, and find that both are sufficient and that's good enough for the likes of me.