Trying to pull out a positive note tonight—

—but so easily I find myself falling to the negative. A litany of reasons— lack of sound sleep at the top of the list. So it is important to shift focus. On my own terms that is. School lectures continue during the next few days— my attitude here, in the journals, reflects back to the students there, in the classroom. Atmosphere and environment can be channeled into something other by mere will. I have seen people do such acts of manipulation.