How To Open An Umbrella

It's time to get down to business.

I need to clear with the writer about author rights that his original publisher may still hold. Apparently contracts for these things can be very different, so it really depends on what was signed 25 years ago.

When I find myself so ill equipped to deal with technical things of life, I feel incompetent to face serious issues altogether. In reality, the only thing I have to do is to send a kind email with my questions and continue translating.
It just so happens that I will be traveling to The States, where I can not only visit some of my dearest friends, but also do some Networking...

Networking! When did I start NETWORKING?! What does that even mean anyway? Seriously, on days when I'm completely honest with myself, this book project seems too big for me. On the other days, I wonder if it's a little denial doing me well, or do I really see things differently and am serious about doing the work that needs to be done. Hmm, maybe I should write another entry on one of those other days. =)

But seriously, all I have to do is to look at my personal life to know that this is a piece of cake (a good one, too) compared to decisions I must make.

I know I was called to love my enemies. But fighting loneliness when I'm surrounded by people is a ghastly task.... Ghostly. Like fighting a ghost. I need to call my enemies what they are so that I can love them ...accordingly.

Now how do I love my enemy? How do I build up a network? How do I open an umbrella without offending the rain?

It seems some questions are easier to answer than others.

But I can still work with the ones that I can answer. The others... may need to wait for those other days, when I feel on the top of my game, for any reason. Today I need an instructions manual for the simplest of things.