Daily Prompt: “What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?” This prompt is so timely. It finds me in Day 3 of COVID infection. Me and two of my three kids. 11 and 10 years old. Feel like a train wreck; their symptoms more mild; so taking care of them is mostly …
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Central Tennent: Ease In
“What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?” Each day, start this way, try so hard, gotta say, Mantra as my mind awakens, dreams, fears, recede, then sometimes rush back in, Mantra, prayer, mantra again, Metta, show me the way, forward only, easy, ease in, ease in, Some …
Share Your Life, Lose Time
Daily Prompt: “Which activities make you lose track of time?” Talk deep with a friend, midday turns to late day, night turns to day, Best of the best, time invested, Priceless GOOD.
Self? What a Bother
Daily Prompt: “What bothers you and why?” Fundamentally, I am likely most bothered by things of self. That is, when one is: Selfish Self-centered Self-important Rude Disrespectful Pompous Arrogant Self-interested … indeed, I suppose I’m mostly ok only when one is … Selfless, And these things are true for me because I believe we must …
Ten Things I Know
Daily Prompt: “List 10 things you know to be absolutely certain.” 1/ Music is good for you. 2/ Reading expands your perspective. 3/ Sleep is healing. 4/ Exercise is necessary. 5/ Drinking water is essential. 6/ Gratitude in everything. 7/ You can always choose your attitude. 8/ B.L.T’s are yummy. 9/ Beer is best cold. …
Easy & Hard
Daily Prompt: “What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony?” Easy and hard at alternating clips, The one thing that seems to lead to harmony is compromise, And the one thing that is easily given up, totally in our control, is perfection, The hard part? When to insist more on perfection to …
Every Day, Every Way
Daily Prompt: “How do you express your gratitude?” Oh BABY, this is the Magic Power… GRATITUDE, Every day, every hour, every chance, the smallest thing, the itty bitty, anything that comes across, Gratitude, the super power, the game changer, The worst moment turned on it’s head with just the smallest expression of gratitude, I say …
Initiating Passion, Instilling Belief
Daily Prompt: “What makes a teacher great?” Funny thing, I come from a family of teachers, know many as friends, was even married to one… But my sense of what makes a teacher great comes from my experiences as a student, no surprise, I guess. For me, my greatest teachers helped me see passion in …
Surgery: A Visceral View
Daily Prompt: “Have you ever had surgery? What for?” I’ve been fortunate mostly, when it comes surgeries. I’ve had a three procedures in my life, but over all, modest episodes to accomplish moderate corrections to my physical well-being. I had lower abdominal surgery as a teen to have varicose veins tied off; I had the …
Finding The Groove
Daily Prompt: “What are your daily habits?” Weekdays, 2-3 Snooze, then up after at ‘em, in the dark, Vitamins and allergy meds to start the day, brush the teeth, “morning constitution”, bathroom yoga, shower, a little quick news review if there’s time, NPR Up First on podcast driving to work, then Classical Music to chill …