@Ellen I think you’ve hit it spot on. It’s not the tea so much that calms and relaxes me, but the fact that I’ve trained my mind that this ritual means I peace and my mind automatically relaxes now.

Now, to go see what devilment you two have tagged me for. :)

Just wanted to let you know I tagged you with a meme. You’ll have to visit my blog to find out how to deal with this memism. Don’t feel obligated to do it if you don’t want. I will still like you if you don’t.

That is a nice ritual you have going there. My rituals help anchor me also, and I don’t feel right unless I enact them. One of my rituals is to burn incense during periods when I’m irritable or chaotic. My mind calm down because I have habituated my mind with the idea that incense means serenity.

Ellen

Whenever I babysit my sister’s Duck-Toller and I get out of bed, before my feet even touch the floor, she’s run to the door yapping. Of course, it’s “Play Time” and Uncle Friar is expected to throw the ball.

My choice is to have my coffee and watch a dog go spastic, or immediately take her outside and run her and take her edge off. (Which is a lot of fun when it’s minus 20 outside) :-)

You’re it!!!

I’ve tagged you to play in Brett’s blog game.

http://deepfriar.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/8-random-friar-facts/