I remember my father reading a book when I was a teenager that talked about “your zero”. Let’s say you are driving on the highway blasting music happily. You pull up to a toll booth and automatically turn down the music. That is because your “zero” has changed - your point of comfort with the loudness of the music - your point of overall comfort.

That being said, there are two states of being for me that affect every other possible state of being - cold and not cold. We have been here in Las Vegas at our condo since the first of July and I have to say that I AM NOT COLD! I have this lovely pair of overwarn, stained, beloved fuzzy socks that generally protect my feet from weather below 90 degrees. They have been sitting lonely in my bedroom drawer since we got here. It is wonerful!

When I am cold, that means that I am not at my zero.  I am not at my zero when it’s wintery, icey, firgid, cold, cool, chilly, breezy, lukewarm, airconditioned, or anything other than hot.  So that tends to affect my overall day to day being.  If a happy event occurs while I am anything less than “Not Cold” than I cannot be completely happy because I already started at something less than my zero.

I’m not sure if this is what that great thinker had in mind while speaking of one’s zero, but this is how I’ve applied it to my day to day existence.  My zero is my state of being where I am neither hot or cold, sad or happy, angry or elated. It’s where I just am.  When I am regular, average, normal.  You know - living comfortably without straying from the median.

Right now, my veins are popping out of my arms, my feet are warm, my blood is circulating and I am content sitting her on my deck at a comfortable 108 degrees.  I am happy and at MY Zero!!!