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March 27-A, 2023

Living with integrity, sincerity and spontaneity, transcends the contriving, willful, pursuit of the acquisition of wealth and power, and opens the way to following the flow of life energy through circumstances and situations as they arise. In so doing, we create a path that can only be recognized as a path in hindsight by thoseContinue reading “March 27-A, 2023”

March 26-B, 2023

I’ve been retired ten years, and hope I’m just beginning. Retirement is a place for refining, perfecting and applying the lessons of the aging process– it is all practice! In retirement, we continue the eternal practice of seeing what we look at and doing what needs to be done about it, when, where and howContinue reading “March 26-B, 2023”

March 26-A, 2023

We help each other find what we need to do what needs to be done in each situation as it arises all our lives long. It isn’t about getting ahead or having it made. It is about having what it takes to do what needs to be done. The right attitude is one if theContinue reading “March 26-A, 2023”

March 25-B, 2023

A) This is the way things are, B) and this is what we can do about it, C) and that’s that. D) And THAT’S the way things are! The A-B-C-D’s of life/living/being alive. Coming to terms with them, making our peace with them, being okay, alright, fine with them is the work of being alive.Continue reading “March 25-B, 2023”

March 25-A, 2023

Luck is the ground of life and being. And, the old adage applies: “The more I practice, the luckier I get.” What is your practice? How often do you practice your practice? It is amazing what sitting still, being quiet and empty– and having no expectations and nothing stake in the outcome– can do forContinue reading “March 25-A, 2023”

March 24-B, 2023

There is our business and there is none of our business. It helps to know the difference and to stay on the “our business” side of the line. Who are we? What are we about? What is our business? What is none of our business? Where do we belong? Where do we have no businessContinue reading “March 24-B, 2023”

March 24-A, 2023

I think we can’t live our life– the life that is uniquely ours to live– showcasing our original nature and innate virtues/specialties, while living like life is being lived around us. I think we have to draw a frame around ourselves, set ourselves apart, listen to our own body, heart, soul, self. Tune into ourselves,Continue reading “March 24-A, 2023”

March 23-B, 2023

Jesus was a fully Woke human being. Luke 21:36,and Revelation 3:2 are starting points for you, but the entire Bible is a textbook for Wokeness, demanding that everybody wake up and live Woke lives all the way to Beulah Land. If you are not Woke, you are a Sleeper! And you know what happens toContinue reading “March 23-B, 2023”

March 23-A, 2023

You know the story of Adam and Eve? Well, “except for the names and a few other changes, when you talk about us, the story is the same one” (Neil Diamond). We have squandered, wasted, thrown away more than Adam and Eve did by letting Democracy slip through our fingers in favor of fascism andContinue reading “March 23-A, 2023”

March 22-B, 2023

In a world where we cannot trust anyone, everyone is a predator and a victim, and no one can trust anyone to be who they say they are. We all have to be self-reliant and savvy, and stay well within our comfort/safety zone for life. It helps immensely to have a family and long-time friendsContinue reading “March 22-B, 2023”

March 22-A, 2023

What catches your eye? Sit with that, exploring the connection. What does that reveal to you about you? What has been your relationship with the things that catch your eye? Water does it for me. And cypress trees. Give me water and cypress trees and forget about me. I’ll be fine. Where are you fine?Continue reading “March 22-A, 2023”

March 21-B, 2023

The flow of energy through life was called “The Tao” in 500-and-earlier BCE, for lack of a better term. “Tao” is gender-neutral and free of the cumbersome baggage of theology, and cosmology, and astrology, and all of the other “logy’s” we have developed over time to control/master/explain/exploit the mystery at the heart of life andContinue reading “March 21-B, 2023”