08/16/2022
Like the seasons there are
Shifts
A friend was telling me about her day at the beach, there was nothing new or noteworthy except her comment, “It was the same as it has been but it is different, like a wind shift.” I kn…
08/05/2022
If I get on the wrong bus, I can always get off and find the right one.
What’s Next?
Do you feel like you’re running toward something or from something? – I’m not sure… These past two years have been filled with loss for many of us. I have lost my favorite h…
07/28/2022
After a week of dealing with heat and a dead air conditioner, carting my cats to my brothers because the temperature in my condo was ninety plus. I've had moments of anxiety overload! There was tons for me to worry about (I'm a Chronic Worrier). In the end everything was fine. I moved to my brother's along with my cats and it all worked out....
This Too Shall Pass…
After a week of dealing with heat and a dead air conditioner, carting my cats to my brothers because the temperature in my condo was ninety plus. I’ve had moments of anxiety overload! There w…
07/20/2022
Reminiscing ...
Pictures of Past Life Times
Part of my downsizing and simplifying has been organizing photographs. There are so many lifetimes among the pictures I’ve gleaned through. My best recollection is these photos are from 1978 …
07/09/2022
Not on the to-do list.
Affirmation , Realization…
I’ve been taking part in the Insight Timer’s 30 Day Affirmation Challenge. There was one particular affirmation that hit me between the eyes; “Today I will live and not simply be …
07/04/2022
The whole time I was there I could feel mom's presence.
Blue Dragonfly
Today I finally got out and into my kayak. Friends and I went to a local pond, it was magical. It was still early enough where the clouds hadn’t burned off, the pond was like a sheet of glass…
06/29/2022
The secret is to keep moving forward,
Baby Steps
Baby steps was the title of my journal entry this morning. After my meditation, I sat quietly trying to take in the lesson of the meditation as well as trying to get perspective on where my life is…
06/23/2022
Are you a human being or a human doing?
Being vs Doing
Listening to one of my favorite pod casts Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, her cohost Jonathan Cohen repeated a Kurt Vonnegut quote “I am a human being not a human doing”. That coupled b…
06/21/2022
Remember when?
Summer…
The Summer Solstice is upon us, with that longer and warmer days. Summer more than any other season fills me with reminisces, the excitement of no school, day camp on hog island, fort building, bik…
06/19/2022
Stop and smell the roses!
Coming Back To Your Senses
The five senses are what we depend upon to navigate our way through our daily lives. Most of us are lucky enough to have five others may have one or two less for one reason or another. My question …
06/16/2022
I want to live more purposefully
Change/The 20 Year Cycle
Change can be difficult even if it is for the better. We are genetically predisposed to like the status quo – it’s safer. Because we dislike or even fear change we may even avoid someth…
06/14/2022
Think about it...
Somedays
Somedays are appointments we write down in our imaginary calendars. Someday I will go there, do that, be this, feel how? The problem is somedays don’t exist. It’s always today! So until…