Seeking intentional joy, how about you? What does that mean, you wonder…? Being aware of your desire for joy and opportunities therein; Similar to the concept of choosing to be happy, intentional joy means realizing it involves an attitude, a perspective, a manner of being. And that’s really what it comes down to. Make the …
Weathering Dread
As I scribble this down, I find myself in the middle, the eye of a micro-emotional storm, swirling about as another day dawns. So strange how these come on. Not sure why, how it always comes about this way, lately most every day from slumber zero to sixty, a couple blinks, Don’t think too much, …
Night Sounds
Sitting in the darkness, deep into evening, Across the hall my kids are asleep, steady breathing, quiet, peaceful, Humidifier gently churns, moist air for tender airways, Dishwasher rumbles on in the kitchen to the front of the house, Good day, to rough, bumpy end, too late again, they’re still young, More regiment needed, not wanted, …
Solace Where You Find It
In the line at the store, Waiting at the stop light, Doing the dishes, In the early weekend morning just underway, Brushing your teeth before bed, While the bathroom warms up before a shower, In five deep breaths when things are getting crazy, With that first sip of tea or coffee, Merlot or IPA, Look …
Big Waves
Swimming in the big waves, you gotta be ready, gotta know the way, Find the motion in the ocean you can live with, live by, do or die, find your way, Wayfarer, certain of the destination, following constellations and intuition and forces far beyond your control, To make it known that you intend to come …
Fall Festival Lesson
At my kids’ school this weekend, A chance to gather, see friends, make friends(?), play games, share food, to be together and play and support and enjoy the community together, however we do that. Fall, a festival to celebrate the end of the year, for we northern folk anyway, Funny thing, down under it’s coming …
A Declaration for Self
This from a gentleman I follow on Twitter, a great declaration of self. I wouldn’t say I can relate to every line, but relate or not, it’s a fine example of settling in to who you are and where you’re at. I asked him first about sharing this, he said “Yeah”, so had to share …
“Little Ukraine” Brazil
Across continents and seas alike, to the southwest, a hundred years earlier, Ukrainians fled an Imperial Russia in turmoil. They fled the Bolsheviks, fled what would become the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. For some context on the distance, the latitude of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, is 50 degrees North; the latitude for Curitiba, on …
Underdog
Seems that I tend to the underdog. Not sure how often I've been the actual underdog, but I route for them for sure. That's pretty much it. Don't be discouraged if you're the underdog. Don't believe you can't have a good outcome if others have a particular and especially a negative expectation or prediction. Never …
Early Morning Contrarian
Sometimes I go against the grain; sometimes I choose to buck conventual wisdom. Preferring darkness in the morning is a perfect example. I know the conventional wisdom says, “…to get going in the morning, turn on the lights to help your body and mind wake up, to engage the day; if you don’t follow this …
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