It also makes me feel oddly spiritually shielded from whatever drama is going down.
Someone said to me once, “Your partner is your guru.”
Meg
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This meditation and irritation blocker for me. An ancient Japanese poem from the Kojiki, attributed to the god Susanoo. I like this translation. Sigh, wish I knew Japanese.

The Eight Fold Fence

Eight clouds arising
In Izumo where they formed
A fence eight-fold in nature
Within which the spouses lived –
An eight-fold fence, eight-fold fence