My friends have been leaving me messages over the past 3 days, wondering where I have been.  A quick answer: in a technology black hole that apparently did not want me to leave.  Kicking and screaming I decided to come into the 21st century. Yes, I did the ultimate, I went electronic on my calendar & got a data plan on my phone.  Which is when the black hole was created, because within 3 days of getting my new PDA, neither I, nor my special friend Stephen of Agency 3, could get this device to download e-mails.  After 6 hours on the phone with my cell service provider, it was determined that I should change phones and get a different type of phone.  Okay, so there I am with my brand new Blackberry and guess what?  The black hole got wider and wider. Today I am still not "synced" and have spent more hours than I care to admit away from being centered and grounded.  The final realization?  My moment of truth and learning?  I created this black hole.  Yes, all the technological challenges were present, but I became obsessed with trying to make it all work.  I needed to pace myself, not become so absorbed that everything else was excluded, but allow movement in and out of the situation.  Einstein is quoted as saying, "you cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it".  While I may not have created the initial challenge, I did create the problem of the black hole.  Today I stepped back, took several deep breaths (yes I had forgotten to breath too!) and allowed the reality in--it will work itself out, maybe not today, but eventually it will.  Until then?  I have a choice as to how I respond to it, I can be obsessed, or breath and allow it to unfold naturally.  Today I am breathing!