“Most lovely. Please know, Jon, that your photographs are part of my daily routine, even if commenting on them isn’t.” – Steven.

Thanks, Steven. The people I hang around with these days are generous, kind, thoughtful, and honest. I try to respond. I know you are out there, and thanks for the messages or even the thoughts. I feel them. I felt Steven’s. I’m coming to believe in energy. These messages may be more important than you know:

I did some homework. They call it Emotional Contagion. Moods really do spread between people: a calm, warm person in a room measurably shifts the tone of a meeting or a household, and irritability spreads the same way. Some of it is mirrored body language and tone of voice —a message; some of it is social reinforcement—people respond better to you when you’re not radiating tension, hate, or anger, which then reinforces the good mood. Someone should tell our leader.

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My assistant, just waking up.

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