Guides

I responded to somebody's question of "what are 5 guides you have?"  Here is my response:

I'll try and think of 5 guides that are most important for me for this day. Right now, I can think of none. I suppose I have to think of what I am doing and what guide I have. I can start by what I did. First, I took Kaley to the bus stop. The driver's handbook pops in my head. I wished her the best on her algebra quiz. I helped her study for a couple hours last night. I told Kaley that in order to focus on what she loves, theater, that she won't regret all this math study because hopefully while in college this stuff will not hinder her from following her passion. She'll be prepared. I think the guide in this case is the belief that hard work is how one can attain the freedom to follow one's way. It's not necessary, but on average I think it works the best. I also chose not to have Kim take Kaley to school. I did this because past experience tells me that Kim will be a basket case if she doesn't get enough sleep. So, past experience is a guide. Since experience is a guide, I want to experience a lot. I have a lack of experience, holes, in many places I feel are important. I like learning. I believe the ability to learn was given to me by my education, specifically, I think my math training helped me learn to learn.

I think that people who are more experienced than me in any area are guides. I love to watch anybody who is a master in their field. I believe that people who write books about what they do are good guides - for instance, I have a book on "Joinery". Now that I think about it, on my last vacation trip, I took the following books "A Guide To Mushrooms Of The Northwest", "Astronomy Guide", "Book Of Knots", "How To Build A Boat", "Orvis' Guide To Building Flies For Flyfishing", "Anatomy For Artists" and "Steven Hawkin's Guide To The Universe" (actually it wasn't called that, but essentially it is).

I don't see the actual subject matter of math helping Kaley. I don't think what works for me works for others all the time.

I will be with neighbors today. My guide there is "love your neighbor". It's the one thing, maybe the only thing, that ever sunk in. Any way I slice it, I find it true despite the fact that my last experience ended up in a fist fight.

Structure is a guide. This may be a sign of getting older. If "guiding" implies "going", structure must be in place to flow about. Architecture is then important. Composition is important. Routine is important. Processes and daily routines are somewhat determined by the structure one is placed in, creates or adopts.

Art is a guide. Art is my latest pursuit. I have a long way to go.

I don't know how many guides I've listed and feel like I'm rambling...