Decided not to move after reviewing the the actual numbers. If I empty my garage and turn it over, I will only be paying a little more each month. It is worth this much to me to stay in the same place for another year. I would really like to keep this stability for a little longer. Called the office with my decision to renew my lease for a year. I feel relieved!!! Time to simplify living and pare down again. I'm cool with that. Things are just things...

This year should continue to bring more changes. Home base stability will make it a bit easier. It is so quiet and peaceful here. I love the sounds of nature and having a view of trees rather than other apartments. Just need to get out more and involved is some local activities - including going to church, even if I can't get to my home church. I can wheel in my chair when the weather is good. The yoga class is another start.

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"O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is discord, harmony.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.

Where there is sorrow, joy.

Oh Divine Master, grant that

I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood as to understand;

to be loved as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive;

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life."

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-Saint Francis of Assisi, The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis (often referred to as "The Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi")