I have started, stopped and restarted this post more times than I can count. It is hard to select words to send out into this void that don't ring alarms bells, or sound angry, self-righteous or frivolous - or strike redundant and obvious. Racial tensions and Covid are strewn across headlines and social media, they… Continue reading Hello Again –
Life! My daughter Francesca has had me thinking lately. Her and I talk about spirituality quite often, more so lately with the recent loss of a loved one. I practice Buddhism, but was raised in and embraced a strong Christian faith during my childhood and 20's. She is rather agnostic, bordering on atheist. However, we… Continue reading We Know We Have THIS Life
This Year has been a roller coaster and as life usually reveals itself - nothing like I planned. I scroll through social media and my email and see posts, tweets and advertisements about planning tools that shout out ways to BE better and DO more. People paying witness to the usual goals of slaying at… Continue reading What New Years Means to Me
life will fall apart and come back together again and again.
I am irked, perturbed, aggravated and twitchy. I have been listening to motivational podcasts and books on tape. You see, I am still searching for the elusive sukha. I am a seeker. Therefore I do my research. But at this particular moment I want to SCREAM! Surely I am not the only one with this… Continue reading Enough IS Enough
Moodling. Say it. Moo-dling. A long cow song followed by a chirpy ring tone. I love words. I collect them. More often than not, I forget them. But when I get the chance to pick up a new one I toss it around and play with it a bit before placing it haphazardly in the… Continue reading The Art of Moodling
I attended a meditation session at the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana several (many?) years ago. I drove up there one early weekend morning still drunk from the night before and ended up sitting on a meditation pillow in the Chamtse Ling temple. I struggled with shame, wondering whether the person next… Continue reading Meet Drunk Monkey
As I stumbled and bumbled and grew frustrated with WordPress it occurred to me that the fundamental thing missing from my static newly-created Home page with social media feeds and menus and sidebar - (wait, maybe no sidebar) is this….. What the heck is the purpose of this blog anyway? What is my vision? I… Continue reading What am I Doing?
So this blog thingy has been a thought for going on 2 years. What took me so long? Perfection. As in the state of being perfect, or “ conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type.” These are not words I associate with happiness or with me. Conform? Absolute? Ideal? Um…. not… Continue reading Progress, Not Perfection
I get many of my light bulb moments in the shower. Perhaps the water vibrates the neurons into new connections or perhaps that I am actually truly alone with my thoughts and a loofah full of suds. Distractions are few when the shower curtain is drawn. Some people sing in the shower. I get inspired.… Continue reading Bendy Straws
Finding Happiness in an Ordinary Life 