I am taking it one moment at a time, one activity to another at a time, one day at a time.
Y4 – Day 14 – Words for Everyday
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Category Archives: Musings
Y4 – Day 11 – Two Quotes
Here’s two quotes I wanted to share:
“The road to wisdom is often humbling.” – me
“Disappointment is inevitable but discouragement is a choice.” – Anonymous
Y4 – Day 10 – No Failure
When I look back at my food, life and daily journaling, I realize all the ups and downs, all the merry-go-rounds and all the “failures” were really what I needed to do and go through in order to get where I am today in both acceptance and a profound understanding.
Today, I choose to connect the dots. I focus on my priorities. I limit my “things to do” lists.
I love variety, to inspire and be inspired, to begin, give and embrace genuinely and generously.
With that context and that attitude and perspective, one is bound to fail here and there, but it’s the turning it around, the silver lining view, the courage to accept and move on that makes it meaningful and worthwhile.
Ask to be shown guidance and given lessons in a gentle way. Beware of your own prejudice and response to all circumstances.
Y4 – Day 9 – Lightbulbs
Don’t you love when you get a lightbulb moment?
We have invested time, money and energy into so many fields believing that all the work, research and investment would sweep us away and carry us towards fortune.
But in the end, all we really want, deep down inside, is more quality time on this planet with our loved ones and getting to enjoy all of our interests. That’s it. We just want to enjoy life and be free of burdens.
It is very liberating to divulge our innermost thoughts, creating vulnerability, exposing the spirit within and connecting with others.
What you are doing right now, is your work. What you have done up to this point, was the process to get here, in this mind space.
Y4 – Day 8 – Variety
I have found that when there is variety, I get better results. Some like to stick to a plan or a formula, but I think difference and contrast matters to keep it all interesting and energized.
Take food for instance, it is healthier to eat an assortment of fruits and vegetables in various colors.
And what would the world be like without a medley of music, art, texture, people and all else?
Groups solve problems and work exquisitely when they are heterogeneous not homogenous. So do parties.
And every home is different because we are all unique. It is the variety within the house well lived in that exhibits personality, not the model homes. Stylists deftly create the sense of welcome and warmth when they stage a home.
Welcome variety, mixtures and diversity for it is in these realms you will flow with transformation, the very movement of life.
Y4 – Day 7 – Happy Homecoming Birthday Cindi!
Two years ago today, we adopted and brought home our sweet and loving doggie, Cindi.
Our relationship has deepened and we learn so much from her. Every moment, is the best moment in time for her and she actually lives in the moment. She plays and she rests ( a lot ) and we appreciate her disposition and personality, reminding us, how precious our wonderful life is and how lucky we all are.
M loves to take long walks with her and driving her to new areas while she sits in her fluffy, soft pet cushion, in the front seat.
I love to give her baths, go for walks and having her always by me like a pal. She has definitely been good for my mental and physical health.
We both love having her sleep on our bed, snuggling atop our comforter, burrowing under a blanket, and the way she greets us with wild abandon, kisses and prancing, tail a wagging, every time, we come home.
M particularly likes bringing her to run errands on weekends, even the grocery store. Here, she is checking out the cereal aisle and needed a little extra sweatshirt, because you know how it gets cold at the supermarket.
Y4 – Day 3 – MM 2016
Master Mind 2016 officially begins tonight. Six ladies and myself take the journey for six months. This is my second go around and the first one enabled me to focus on getting my house in order which metaphorically translated to getting my emotions and thoughts clarified and honed.
Tonight we share new goals, fresh perspectives and creative changes we want to see in ourselves and our world. In order to change the world, we must first BE the change and that is our mentor’s, Dana, message and constant guidance to us.
I seek Beauty inside, around and outside myself. That includes feelings, people, circumstances, choices and things. My goals are spiritual, meaningful and healthy.
We then decide on how to achieve these goals, whatever they are for each individual, in honor and in keeping with what we want to create for ourselves (in my case, beauty). It is a process most of the time but sometimes light bulb moments happen when we come together and share once a month.
Tonight, I will find out who my accountability buddy is and from there a relationship blooms via communication two to three times a week or more. We listen and we ask for help. We give encouragement, suggestions and we receive with open minds. We add and we take away. It’s a win-win.
Y3 – Day 365 – Twelve Zen Thoughts
Three years of consistent if not continuous because I took some days off here and there, today.
Tomorrow will be Year Four.
LAST YEAR WAS ALL ABOUT LETTING GO, PASSION AND COURAGE!
For your pleasure, here are 12 Zen like thoughts I succinctly adapted for you to ponder from Zenhabits.net. Thich Nhat Hanh, famous Buddhist monk and writer who started a peace village in France after being exiled from Vietnam, back in the day, simply states, “Smile, breathe and go slowly.”
- Do one thing at a time. Cecilia says, “Stop Multitasking!!!”
- Do it slow and deliberate.
- Do it completely.
- Do less.
- Put space between things. Cecilia adds, ” and space between time.”
- Develop rituals.
- Designate time for certain things. Cecilia suggests, ” Time for self and creativity.”
- Devote time to sitting. Cecilia believes in, ” Meditating in the now.”
- Smile and serve others.
- Let cooking and cleaning become a meditation.
- Think about what is necessary. Cecilia specifies, “Find out what your priorities are and focus on them.”
- Live simply.I remember reading about Helen Nearing and her husband, Scott and how they epitomized this theory and lived it. They founded the Good Life Center in Maine, a homesteading five acre enclave overlooking Spirit Cove.
This Zen thing is timeless, ageless and divine.
“The business of procuring the necessities of life has been shifted from the wood lot, the garden, the kitchen and the family to the factory and the large-scale enterprise. In our case, we moved our center back to the land.” ― Helen Nearing, The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing’s Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living
NOTICE MY DEVOTION TO COLOR, BEAUTY AND BALANCE THIS YEAR!
INSIDE AND OUT.
Y3 – Day 364 – A Queen vs. A Goddess
A queen wears a tiara. A goddess wears a halo.
A queen rules her subjects. A goddess nurtures everything, everyone and herself.
A queen mandates order, expects allegiance no matter what, is domineering and knows it all. A goddess learns, teaches, guides and is interdependent.
A queen acts better than and expects to be treated like royalty. A goddess is humble, wise, gains respect by her right action, thoughts and words for the highest good of all.
Are you a queen or a goddess?
Y3 – Day 360 – RAIN
It’s so wonderful to have rain wash down and quench the thirst of our trees and grass, cleaning over the streets and leaves and skyline, changing into snow above so we can be in awe of the white topped mountain landscapes from different perspectives and clearly defined from many views.
It didn’t stop us from walking and catching up, the mall was open and available but when Home Goods opened its doors and we passed it several times, we had to go in and check everything out!!
Thankfully, I left my credit card at home.