I did not live out my life in Peggy’s Cove, or in Itta Bena, Mississippi. I’m just a glad to be a wayfaring stranger quite at home wandering from place to place with a camera and a notebook in hand seeking a different take on things, a shifting point of view, a never-changing perspective. IfContinue reading “August 03-A 2022”
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August 02-C, 2022
We find our way, not by serving/doing/seeking what we want, but opening ourselves to what needs us to do it– to what needs us in particular to do it. And discover, thereby, that what needs our peculiar blend of gifts/shtick/knacks/interests/loves/daemon/etc. is precisely what we need most to bring forth, exhibit/express/incarnate/make known. We discover who weContinue reading “August 02-C, 2022”
August 02-B, 2022
This is the way things are, and this is what we can do about it, and that’s that– and THAT’S the way things are. This is the agreement we make with life upon conception. Some of us don’t seem to understand the terms, and mope about sighing, “But The Suffering! The Pain!” Suffering and painContinue reading “August 02-B, 2022”
August 02-A, 2022
Too many people have no life, enjoy nothing about their life, have nothing to look forward to upon getting out of bed. Drag through the day without purpose or zeal. Just going through the motions, seeing nothing they look at, hearing nothing that is being said, and saying nothing in return. Angry as hell, andContinue reading “August 02-A, 2022”
August 01-B, 2022
The trick is knowing/understanding/comprehending/realizing what it means to say, “Thy will, not mine, be done,” with the “Thy” being an absolute Mystery beyond all thought of inquiry and investigation. A thing apart, about which nothing can be known or said, hunched, intuited, grasped, thought or considered. The Source, Ground and Goal of Life is LifeContinue reading “August 01-B, 2022”
August 01-A, 2022
We are here to be who we are, to find and live the life that is ours to live, and to make the best of all that comes our way, while being a good, safe, place for other people to be. That’s all our life asks of us. How can we screw up something asContinue reading “August 01-A, 2022”
August, 2022
The trouble with trouble is that it creates noise and complexity, disrupts our life, destabilizes our balance and harmony and zip-lines us into the far corner of the wasteland. We deal best with trouble by making an assessment of the impact zone and determining what needs to happen to begin reordering our world. When weContinue reading “August, 2022”
July 31-C, 2022
Our life is about living into who we are no matter what. When we are blocked in that development, side-tracked, hijacked, prevented from knowing and being ourselves, there is hell to pay, seen exhibited before us in the eruption of drug and alcohol addiction, physical, emotional, psychological symptoms wrecking the health of the world, becauseContinue reading “July 31-C, 2022”
July 31-B, 2022
There is only one measure of success. It is how you answer the question, “How alive are you?” The quality and degree of your life is the only thing that matters. Money matters least of all. The question here is, “What are you doing with your money?” In order to improve the quality and degreeContinue reading “July 31-B, 2022”
July 31-A, 2022
We recover our balance and harmony by sitting still in a quiet place and breathing normally while focusing intently on our breathing. Breathe in. Say it mentally as you do. Breathe out. Say it. Pause between breaths for a count of five. Breathe in. Say it. Breathe out. Say it. Count. Do that for threeContinue reading “July 31-A, 2022”
July 30-B, 2022
Anything is bearable with meaning, nothing is bearable with out it. We are alive, vital and vibrant with meaning. Dead, empty-eyed and vacant without it. Where do you find meaning in your life? How often do you relish and enjoy it? Spend time with what is meaningful. Do the things that are meaningful. Give meaningContinue reading “July 30-B, 2022”
July 30-A, 2022
In order to be an independent, self-reliant, human being, we have to be able to pay our bills– and to know how to incur only the right bills. Once that is down, we have to be able to establish our own boundaries and draw our own lines. So that we do not have to explain/defend/justify/excuseContinue reading “July 30-A, 2022”
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