Yesterday I did a meditation group focusing on intentions for the New Year. One thing of mine is procrastination and schedule/structure … As I was listening to the meditation, I started thinking about mandalas and sacred geometry and Fibonacci and spirals and fractals and patterns … it tweaked my brain a little bit about how […]
Read More →FOMO – what’s missing? As I’ve been doing for my last few meditations, I’m taking things that I’ve read or concepts I’ve learned that have made a difference in building my “recovery” foundation … and it’s actually more LIFE foundation … The single most important part of my recovery has been changing a deprivation mindset […]
Read More →Glad to be here while Julia & Loh are gone. Even before we started on the topic of patience, I had been experiencing these little triggers/glimmers … Something that keeps popping up for me is the concept of urgency. I had this idea about Urgency and how it pervades our being … One of the […]
Read More →The Labels We Take On: How They Limit Our Potential – aka Watching our Language. First I’m going to read this, then we’ll move to a meditation on the subject. Article by Jeremy Scott Lambert on tinybuddha.com “Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.” ~Alan Watts […]
Read More →Nuggets from reading … Michael Singer – Untethered Soul & Living Unthethered … Both books have been profoundly helpful and an amazing complement to my Recovery Dharma practice. I love this Sangha and the mindfulness we learn, and these last few meditations are just tools to add to our arsenals. One nugget from the books […]
Read More →I spend too much time on ellipses. 1. … I over use them. 2. … when I over use them, I go back and fix them to be grammatically/punctuationally correct. (Maybe made up a word there). 3. … When I think I’m using them correctly, I STILL go back and double check. On account when […]
Read More →Joy and acknowledging other views takes NOTHING from you. If it does, that’s a big check. Be loud and do your thing, but have eyes wide open.
Read More →Do you wanna know what has totally leveled me in the past couple weeks? Compliments. Validation. I think I’m sort of funny. And I like to share weird stuff, because it might help people who also have weird stuff they would like to share. I am always impulsive, and write quickly from my heart. I […]
Read More →Honestly, every time I can stand up from a kneeling position, I’m pretty excited. ** just had to check the air in my tires … FOUR TIMES IN A ROW!!!
Read More →My water bottle leaked into a box of kleenex in my car and basically saturated the box. Perhaps I shall add a drop of essential oil and put it in a ziploc and call it “life hack wet wipes” … stay tuned.
Read More →Do you know? Do you know what it feels like to want to run down the alley screaming? Do you know what it feels like to be SO LOUD IN YOUR HEAD that you can’t sleep? Do you know what it feels like to talk to people, and they don’t understand. Do you know what […]
Read More →Here’s the thing. We just finished the last Dopesick episode on Hulu, and then was just reading about Purdue Pharma related to Fentanyl. CAN WE, JUST FOR A FREAKING MINUTE … STOP BEING POLITICAL AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS SCOURGE. — mental health is NOT something to be stigmatized. — when we as individuals suffer, we all […]
Read More →When you ask your 84 year old dad about life and love, and there is NO agenda or politics … and he says, “you’re my kids and grandkids and I’m always going to love you.” He didn’t pause. Not a second. That every human could feel this. Anyone not feeling love(d). I got you. We […]
Read More →Sometimes I start to write a reply to a post and think I’m gonna add some wisdom (ego), but ultimately, upon reflection, add no value to the conversation. It’s usually about 2.5 lines in (on my phone) that I realize I’m just trying to be “part of the party” or “cool,” when I’m really just […]
Read More →I’m a big Goodwill/Second-hand shopper. Because I’m not fancy. (Is there a word “opposite” for fancy? because that’s me … to my detriment sometimes). BUT. I’m wearing this cute thing today, and within about 12 minutes, my tiny bit of perspiration ACTIVATED YEARS OF B.O. YEARS. No judgey, just wish this cute sweater thing didn’t […]
Read More →I’m really good at rhyming and making random crap up… that rhymes. Throw something at me. Mother-in-Law (from Karen) Mama Karen is a favorite, I like her a bunch She hooks me up with delicious Carmel corn crunch She’s got a pug named Lovey and a good community I’m glad to be a part of […]
Read More →Here’s the thing about friends. There are acquaintances, fine. There are people in your circles, good … but then there are those people who, when you hug each other for minutes and feel like our souls caught up and we replenished each other without words … priceless. The older I get, the more I truly […]
Read More →Apparently you get a “Fingerprint doesn’t match” message when there is cheeto dust. ** it was actually Barbara’s Jalapeno Cheese Puff dust on my finger, but that just don’t roll like cheeto.
Read More →Here’s a thing. It costs you NOTHING to remind people of their value. Or if that color brings out their eyes. It’s a little ugly out there right now … participate and belt out super glorious compliments and affirmations. (Absolutely DON’T fake it, but adjust your head to see the good).
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