Charlie and Chuck both hung out to the very end, helping set up the altar and putting everything away. It was an amazing day. I can truly say I never know how things will happen out here. I knew we needed to get the gau stripped so we could replace the plexiglas for tomorrow. I didn't know how it would happen. After yesterday I was ready to give it everything I had, but I knew my body wouldn't hold out all day, it's grueling work. Then, even if I was able to finish (something I don't think I would have been able to do), I had no idea how I was going to get the plexiglas up there. Charlie showed up, and was firmly devoted to the task. Even with the two of us, it was going really slowly, just because of the tools we were using, an inch at a time was ground off with a lot of effort. Then Chuck shows up with his powerhouse grinder and we turned the corner, it happened. It took all of us working together to get there, and that was the awesome part. Once again I started the day knowing nothing more than "this has to get done--today" and the means to achieve it arrived! I realize at these moments that this activity is really not what it seems at all. It truly is the profound compassion of the Guru coming into being. My job is to keep up with it just by keeping my heart open, my mind willing, and my body disciplined to the task. Everything else will come together if we practitioners just focus on the Bodhicitta, the wisdom of compassion.