Christmas with Meaning
Two days until Christmas and not a lot is happening because we don’t do much more than one or two jobs a day. The joys of being retired! We love it! There is some cleaning
Winter Solstice Musings
Let us fully engage in the darkness of this day Let us embrace the light that shines through And let us rejoice for we are blessed to be here Now, in this time and place,
Christmas Joy
One week till Christmas and all through the house there are lots of decorations, but you’d be hard pressed to find gifts. That’s because we don’t buy gifts anymore, at least not many and not
Winter Wonderland
Wow! What else can I say about our beautiful world today? It’s gently snowing, -20C and absolutely stunning. I have to admit I’m grateful I don’t have to drive around in it but walking around
Let It Be
Funny, I just don’t feel much like blogging these days. Not sure why exactly but I’ve just been going with it. That’s kind of my motto these days, whatever is going on inside me, just
Loss and Grief
I’m in a different kind of space today. Found out this morning that a neighbour died this week. Totally unexpected heart attack. We only knew him to chat as we went by each other on
Tonglen
Today’s journal musings were centered around defensiveness and humiliation. As I opened to seeing what was behind some of my most recent defensive feelings, I realized that there was fear of being misunderstood and humiliation
Breaking Through
What a difference a day makes, both in temperature and how I feel. It may be a lot colder out, but I feel 100% better after a wee bout with the old sinus yesterday. The
Context
Still having fun playing with opposites and now it’s gone a bit deeper to hanging out with that ‘container’, which is what I am, where the opposites play themselves out. I think it’s always important
More on Opposites
And the beat goes on with the play of opposites. I noticed myself starting to feel kind of rushed today since I didn’t get up very early and I have some prep work to do
Opposites
The idea I’ve been playing with the last couple of days and especially in this morning’s journaling is the pairs of opposites. It came up in two different books I’m reading, and the idea certainly
Differing Ideas and Opinions
Powerful reminder today about listening and asking open, honest questions instead of discounting and shutting out when something is said that I don’t agree with. I know I have done this many times in my
Breath
Went for a dip overnight and woke up rather soggy with a kind of grief. Happens now and then when I get into thinking too much about the world we live in and the confusion
Sources
You just never know what’s going to show up when you do morning pages. Today after rambling on for 2 ½ of those pages, I started thinking again about the things we need to let
Contemplation and Freedom
Some days I go through the news feeds and social media pages and just wonder… What are we getting ourselves all caught up in now? So much has nothing to do with anything; famous people
Incorporating Fun
Everything seems so darn serious these days. After my talk on play at CSL last Sunday I decided I needed to incorporate more play and fun in my life. I had become aware I was
Riding the Waves of Love
Just as the weather seems to be fluctuating all over the map these days, so it is with my emotions these days. I often find myself weeping, especially when I read anything in the news.
Reality or Spin
First day of spring and as happens so often, we are having a major snowfall. Spring in Edmonton… We tend to forget this kind of thing though and think of it as unusual or odd