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November 04, 2021

01 We settle ourselves into our life just as it is, and live there just as we are. And that is all there is to it. So, of course, we will have nothing to do with it! “NO!” we say, “NOT THIS! THAT!!!” And we are off into contention, and confrontation, and competition, and disgust,Continue reading “November 04, 2021”

November 03, 2021

01 Lao Tzu, the Buddha, Jesus… the list is long of people who spoke the truth and had no impact upon the spirit of their times. The spirit of their times is Tao gone rogue. Call it Anti-Tao. It is balancing something. Goodness, truth, kindness, mercy… Too much of that and things go over intoContinue reading “November 03, 2021”

November 02, 2021

01 The Hero’s Journey is working our heart into our circumstances. That is all there is to it. What is keeping you from living with your heart in what you do? What would you have to do to bring your heart to life in your life? There is nothing in the picture but you, yourContinue reading “November 02, 2021”

November 01, 2021

01 Fine lines are everywhere. We have to walk carefully. We are on thin ice all the way. For instance, there is taking things too seriously and there is not taking things seriously enough. We have to find the balance point. And live there. It’s tricky. because everything is wobbly. It’s a wobbly world. AContinue reading “November 01, 2021”

November 2021

The parking lot was like this when I got there an hour before sunrise. The tripod positions were all taken two-deep, so I crawled between legs to get my images. Ah, the trials of a landscape photographer! –0– Life is lived from the heart in conjunction with our circumstances. That is the fundamental contrary thatContinue reading “November 2021”

October 31, 2021

01 Sitting still, being quiet, emptying ourselves of fear, desire and duty, waiting, watching, present and awake, we allow our life to find us and invite us to come to life. Being alive comes with strings attached. It is not the life of anyone’s dreams. Everyone’s dreams are bigger than life. “They will never stayContinue reading “October 31, 2021”

October 30, 2021

01 Live to be appropriate in the time and place of your living. “Appropriate” is the right combination of what is needed in the moment and what is allowed by the moment. And if you are going to err, err on the side of what is needed. Dance on the boundary line of what isContinue reading “October 30, 2021”

October 29, 2021

o1 There is only the pain– dancing with the pain, bearing the pain, coming to terms with the pain, making our peace with the pain… Growing up is an exercise in pain management. Living is adjusting ourselves to the pain of being alive. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you are in denial.Continue reading “October 29, 2021”

October 28, 2021

01 We maintain our balance and harmony by being aware of it throughout each day. Pausing to take a Balance/Harmony Inventory from time-to-time will be a great addition to your schedule. Simply sit quietly, focused on your degree of balance and harmony, and allow yourself to become aware of the wobbly nature of the worldContinue reading “October 28, 2021”

Blurbs

This is a collection of my book blurbs publicizing the titles available in my Kindle Collection on Amazon. They sell for $2.99 apiece. If you don’t want to spring for the purchase price, all of these books are available for free on my other WordPress site which is a collection of all of my workContinue reading “Blurbs”

October 27, 2021

01 It’s the quiet life for me. In preparation, perhaps, for my eventual return to the eternal silence, from which we come and to which we belong. Just being, I suppose, with what we have done, and what we have failed to do, in the time that was ours to show/discover/make our peace with ourContinue reading “October 27, 2021”

October 26, 2021

01 Making the best of what we are handed in a day means letting a lot of it go. Betrayal? Let it go. Neglect? Let it go. Abandonment? Let it go. Humiliation? Disappointment? Defeat? Etc.? Let it all go– in the strength of our own resiliency and resolve, grounded upon our unshakable faith in ourselvesContinue reading “October 26, 2021”