Meet Zen Tamra

I don't know what happened, but some time in late August I was replaced with a person I have been calling Zen Tamra.

She says things like:
- "I don't think you should talk like that to your sister."
- "Rob, that tone was a little negative.  Can we come back to this conversation at a later time?"
- "You look tired.  Can I put the kids to bed tonight?"
- "It's inappropriate to talk to me like that.  How about you go to your room and then you can come out when you're feeling nicer."

She doesn't say things like:
- "Oh, do you even want to go there?  Really?!?"
- "Are you seriously suggesting that you do more around the house than I do?"
- "No.  You're wrong.  That was just stupid."

She doesn't yell.  She doesn't get upset.  She is patient and calm.  She is ridiculously optimistic.  She prays when she doesn't know the right thing to say.  She smiles all the time.  She's the type of person that would annoy me for always being so happy if I was the type of person to get annoyed, which apparently I'm not any more.

Pretty much, she's AWESOME.

...

Strange, isn't it?

I honestly have no idea where this person came from.  I feel like it descended upon me like a lightning bolt.  And I can't go back.  There's this ... calmness about it all.  Feeling like this is SO GREAT.

I hesitated to bring it up because I keep thinking it could all go away at any moment and then it'll be like, "Well, there it all went again.  Back to normal."  But it's been about a month now of feeling this way.  The world is a very clear place.  My motivations are pure and my mind is sharp and the world is a beautiful, wonderful place.  There is optimism and love and even sappiness.  Since when did I start embracing sappiness, I ask you?

So, hello, world.  I am Zen Tamra.  Nice to meet you!