Self-care, is it selfish...sometimes hard to say, for me anyway. So focused on others...colleagues, kids, friends, work, bills, keeping up with the day to day and week to week, Hard to say, with such a list, hard to say it's ok to "just look after one's self"...hard to say for me, sometimes, Hard to say …
Category: Insight
Get The Funk Out
Funk can be good or no so good, depending on the meaning intended. Whoozy light-headed blah, doldrums, out of sorts, not so good. Funk like the music vibe, really really good sometimes. Recently for me, I was feeling the former; weird, odd, funky. Fuzzy whoozy brain. Bumpish night with the kids. LSleepy. Fortunately a little …
Sleep The Escape
Several times in my life, maybe much of my life, I’ved used sleep as an escape. It allows me to suspend the struggle, the anxiety, the effort. But even as I love to sleep, especially in periods of particular struggle and change, my very being, deep down, pushes me back out, Out of the darkness …
Cheer Them On!
Hmm, cheer them on…! Just who exactly are we to cheer on…? Well just about anyone, I’d say. Friends, co-workers, our kids, our kids’ classmates, teammates, anyone who needs a boost… And after all, who doesn’t need a pick-me-up now and then? Who doesn’t benefit from some positive energy…? Exactly every one does, so lay …
Everything Its Place
My house is a sort of clutter fest on low simmer. There are paper piles in most every room. Not overly obtrusive, they sit quietly on sides, corners. Clothes are similar, if fewer in number. A small stack folded, or a rumpled pile on the floor after a quick change. Living with three kids adds …
Bliss
Looking back, this is the third time I’ve written about this idea, third blog post about Bliss, This must be the magic…maybe so if the other two posts weren’t … tho’ I think they were pretty good too, So here’s another simple take on bliss, this time around, how to define Bliss? It manifests when …
A Day, Life Contemplated
For better or worse, this is me, a contemplated life, Natural sense of what’s normal practice, most of my day spent in this way, my way, Mind mulling, running dialogue in the back-ground, considering it all, work, kids, relationships otherwise, Decisions made, actions waiting, What was, is, could be, What are the possibilities, probabilities, execution …
Missing Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain - chef, author, TV storyteller blending food and travel - I miss him. I loved his particular voice, observations, his progression in life and perspective on things. The demons took him, like they’ve taken so many; as I’ve written before, Cornell, Williams, Montrose, my paternal grandfather, my cousin, all cut down by a …
Are We Done?
Well, as for me, I don’t think so. I don’t think we are done with COVID. Or actually better said, COVID isn’t done with us. More than a million people have died of COVID in the US alone… Variants still active and cases fluctuating up and down, So when I think it’s appropriate, I’m in …
An Attitude of Gratitude
This captures the attitude…let it be so… A Prayer for Generosity, attributed to Ignatius of Loyola… “Eternal Word, only begotten Son of God,Teach me true generosity.Teach me to serve you as you deserve.To give without counting the cost,To fight heedless of wounds,To labor without seeking rest,To sacrifice myself without thought of any rewardSave the knowledge …
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