well now...

been a while since I blogged....

sorry 'bout that

life has many things happening (always does) and what is in my head isn't worth jotting on a blog...

it's work related...
boring

but keeping me way too busy

at least on the surface

I did learn to knit tho
...might be knitting backwards
...figures that I'd learn a new craft and be working the stitches in a different way.....

today's thought

"It doesn't matter that we learn a big lesson once;
it matters that we learn the small lessons day after day
for an entire lifetime."

may your day be full of wonderful little simple gentle lessons

math

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

celebrations

birthdays are a very interesting celebration...

we celebrate living thru another year.

we celebrate the passage of time.

we celebrate time spent with family & friends.

we re-connect with folks,

quite often people we only ever heard from on this day, our birthday.

birthdays are always good days.

home & sick

with a fever

had it yesterday & had to 'work thru'

was moving slowly

brain moving even slower...

today I'm hotter, slower & still sick

I do not like this one little bit

50 things

a friend at work is doing a "50 things" list and challenged me to do the same
it is a list of the 50 things that you'd like to do this year...

or in your lifetime (for the BIG items like travel to Tibet for a sabbatical)

I really have no idea, as yet, to what those 50 things would encompass...

somehow this makes me feel like an incomplete person,
unfinished, almost a work in progress...

I'll be thinking 'bout this in the coming months and adding to the list over time

being an unfinished bit of a work in progress isn't an uncomfortable thing to be...

it's just where I am right now

namaste

sevice

Serve life first,
in everything you think and say and do.

~~~
Neale Donald Walsch
Tomorrow's God
~~~~~

we often think of service as a duty

a chore,

an obligation

a way in which we are forced to do what 'others' want

a way of constriction

a way of limits

but to serve is really to give of ourselves

fully

with faith

with action

with clear heart

we can find our center and peace in service

service to our family

service to ourselves

service to the greater good of the world around us

and in doing so,

in finding that center

that peace

we can find our soul

2s-day

tuesday

2s-day

today

2-day

a step towards the middle of the week

a day of pause

mondays can be so hectic, getting sorted & back to work

tuesdays are a pause

a pause before the push to a weekend

a push to get done with working

so that time off can be enjoyed at a more calming pace

tuesday

2s-day

today

2day

the second day of the regular working week

today is a good day to begin

to play

to pause

today is a good day

fear

why am I afraid to create?
why am I afraid to be 'out-there'?
why do I let fear hold me back?

perhaps because being out-there means I have to share
I have to let the world in
I have to really be in the world
I have to let go

fear can hold one back from so many things...
art...
poetry...
ourselves...

It's time to be out there, for me anyway...
one of my resolutions is to create art everyday...
be it a beady bit, a poem or just a blog of thoughts for the day...

it's time for me to get into the world...
to share...
to experience...
to not be afraid.

here's hoping it works

word play

when I want to write the words fight

to come out of my head

then they see the keys

& flee

they see the paper

& scatter

they see the screen

& scream

into hiding

my words are trying to be free

even bad poetry is good if it gets the words out and down
the pratice of writing is as important as the words and word order itself
writing down what's tossing around inside, jotting of thoughts, catching a fleeting glimpse of the mind in private action & putting it to paper or screen is an act of creativity that brings more & more to the forefront of the conscience for consideration, enumeration & commintment
for when our words are put down, put out there, shared, then the true soul of ourselves can begin to see that it's safe, it's ok, it's good even, to be there.
& when our words are safe out there, so are we.

so write a bit
think a lot
share often

happy new year

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
~~~~~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~

May the new year bless you all with joy, peace and good health.

random thought

My horoscope today was thought provoking for when the weight of the world is heavy on your shoulders,
you must trust in the tides of time to move you forward.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Trusting that life's forward momentum will be positive can help take the weight of uncertainty from your shoulders.

It's easy to get caught up in negative hypotheses regarding the future, but a great way to relax and let the flow of the universe carry you is to feel with certainty that you will be guided safely toward a positive end.

When you aren't worried about the possibilities, you can more easily focus on what you want and how to achieve those goals.

Instead of engaging in endless planning and scheming, you will find that your desires may be fulfilled naturally and in due time.

Trusting that your life will progress without much difficulty today can help you achieve the future you want without being plagued by doubt.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Peace be with you all as we move into the new year.

Debb, you are one magnificent person!

You are the night of Christmas.

You are a beautiful, good-hearted person who enjoys the best for others.

You are probably very sentimental as well.

You don't believe in material objects for making you happy,
but in things more important.

You truly live out the spirit and meaning of this holiday.

Being around the ones you care about most is enough to make you content.

The thing is that most people may either really love
or unfortunately hate you for your beautiful nature.


Merry Christmas ;~}

What Christmas Figure Are You?

get ready ....

to read an amazing blog:

http://mikedowellmemorium.blogspot.com/

the short version is that this is a memorial site for a husband, father, soldier

the long version is a tale of love & it's strength

get a tissue & enjoy the read

funny

this is still a funny set, even after all these years

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92smattfoley.phtml


do the funny folks get called home because we need more laughter in heaven?

when we lose our sense of the absurd,
the uproarious,
the silly,
we lose more than our sense of humor

we lose os part of what makes us human

then we begin to see ourselves as 'oh so very serious'

and worse yet

take our selves too seriously

then we begin to lose a bit of our humanity

we begin to think it's ok to hurt people for information

to lie for the protection of the unjust

to ignore the facts to get our way

we need more funny here on earth

blog plug

"forgive me if I ever consider myself more than gathered ashes."
~~by Dr. Charles~~

http://drcharles.blogspot.com/2005/02/ashen-physician.html

I highly recommend this blog:
The Examining Room of Dr. Charles

The writing is wonderful and that particular post that i have the like for is one that touches the heart.

read & enjoy

now

You don't get to choose how you're going to die.
Or when.
You can decide how you're going to live now.
~~Joan Baez~~

I choose to live now.

each day, just now.

It is easy to get caught up in looking back at the
"when things were..."

or to look so far ahead,
to the "when things will be..."

now.

right now.

enjoy the moment.

enjoy the ride

live truly

"True religion is real living;
living with all one's soul,
with all one's goodness and righteousness."
~~~~ Albert Einstein ~~~~

each day I try to live fully with goodness in my heart

and I give thanks for the day

to enjoy the time,

the challenges to face & learn from,

the people in my world

namaste

peace

guts dx 1

mycoplasmal infection

that's what my guts have ...
an infection of a nasty tiny little bacteria
it lives inside the cells

(as it must being the kind of bug that it is)

causing colitis

auto-immune diseases

and it hurts

(well it really causes the body to hurt itself)

so antibiotics for 6 months

(maybe more)

& I have an answer to my pain

coldness

our furnace wasn't working very well for the past 2 weeks

it didn't blow like it should

but it's all better now

& just in time

we are having bitter cold weather here

sunny with clear skies

and

COLD

might have to build a fire tonight,
just to keep the chill out of my old bones