(keywords) (slightly edited version) Supportive conditions, wisdom, perception, growing your own vegetables, fork, compost, companion planting, strength, stability, agility, virtues, patience, intimidation, shaming, counter-force, imagination, mistaken identification, lay claim, e-bike, pins and needles, holding too tightly, gratitude, bowing, Ajahn Mahabua, on your toes, scolding, softening, gentling, pet cat, thank you, don’t know, deluded ‘I’, push past, allowing, ‘I will die alone’, unmet life, backlog, attic, basement, get into a huff, sulk, denial, kalyanamitta, listening, chanting, ‘a servant of reality.’