Happy Monday

All right, most people consider Monday a blue day rather then a happy day because it is usually the first day back to work after a weekend. However, for me today is a happy day and the only thing blue is the sky.

I have a good reason for being happy today. I decided this morning that I will continue to write poems. Last night I decided I would never write another poem again, I even wrote a poem about the decision. I called the poem (appropriately) My Last Poem, but that as last night.

In my 62 years on Earth, I have learned a few things and gained some wisdom. One of the things I have learned is Never Say Never because the minute you say it the universe focuses on you to change your mind. I have changed my mind, without too much prompting from anyone except my muse. I started the Sudoku poem this morning while I was praying and meditating. Obviously proclaiming to my muse through a poem that I would never write a poem again woke my muse up.

I have discovered Sudoku puzzles

I have found a new way to relax and pass time while waiting in line. I have discovered Sudoku puzzles and they are fun and challenging. I discovered them when I got a daily subscription to the Las Vegas Review Journal Sun newspaper. The Sudoku puzzles are in the Sun section of the newspaper.

I need something else to carry with me while waiting in line. I carry a reading book, my pen and paper journal and a sudoku puzzle book. I realized when waiting at a doctors office that I need more then just one distraction while waiting to see the doctor or the dentist. I find that if I don't have enough to do while waiting, I get impatient. Let's face it, it doesn't do a patient in a doctor's office any good getting impatient. Doctors don't need impatient patients.

I like the sudoku puzzles because the present a challenge that calms my stress. I know that sounds odd, but that's the way the puzzles work for me. Anyway, I now do Sudoku puzzles and that sounds like a title for a poem. In fact, blogging about how I solve sudoku puzzles would make a good blog entry.