sun_set_bravely | I like this word (or, this week's horoscope from Rob Brezsny)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your theme this week is *careen-stable.* Here's Rebecca Rusche to tell you of the term's origin and how to recognize when it shows up in your life. "In high school, my mom used to let me use her VW Beetle to go to basketball practice. One night after practice, a friend and I were chatting and drinking Coke when we decided to see how fast we could get the Beetle going down a nearby dirt road. Soon we were careening at 65 mph, shouting 'careen!' every time we hit a bump and went flying into the air. When we arrived back at the gym and got out of the car half an hour later, we saw my Coke can sitting on the front bumper next to the license plate. I nudged it softly to see if it was lodged in there somehow, but it fell right off -- wasn't stuck at all. I thought, 'There must be a word for this magic,' and thus 'careen-stable' was born. It came to mean anything that maintains its poise in the midst of wild, fast movement."

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Last night was the second annual Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership awards dinner, which took place at the super-cool Tribeca Rooftop. Whenever I go to these events, I always come home jumping with ideas and energy. Yes, we can change the world, and yes, we are already doing it. I have seen the agents for change at work, and they are beautiful sisters and brothers.

I woke up this morning feeling much better than I did last night (my weirdo two-day fever and body ache went away for most of the evening, but then came back wtih a vengeance during the main course and dessert). I will still spend much of the day resting, but my feet and mouth are moving non-stop with ideas for new projects. I am psyched. I am careen-stable. Watch me go!