01 Dedication to the task is the foundational requirement for a life well-lived. The task being what needs to be done, the way it needs to be done, when and where it needs to be done in each situation as it arises, no matter what, for the joy of doing it and the satisfaction/delight inContinue reading “January 08, 2022”
Category Archives: January, 2022
January 07, 2022
01 The tasks of life cannot be ignored. They must be served with our life– our way with life– all our life long. The five most important relationships are with ourselves, with our work, (which is not the work we are paid to do, but the work we are born to do, the work weContinue reading “January 07, 2022”
January 06, 2022
01 We find the harmony, and it finds us. But, we don’t go looking for it. We open our eyes and there it is, looking for us. Waiting on us. It is there all along, waiting. For us to open our eyes in just the right way, on just the right day, And there weContinue reading “January 06, 2022”
January 05, 2022
01 I think it is denial to think that tough times won’t be with us for a while– a longer while that we would wish for. That leaves us with preparing for dark times and low spirits. We could start by creating a sacred space, not religious so much as a spiritual retreat, an oasisContinue reading “January 05, 2022”
January 04, 2022
01 Forget being happy. Forget having your way. Forget getting what you want. Live to know what is called for, to know what needs to be done, here and now, and do it in every situation as it arises, throughout the rest of your life. Live to serve the moment, this moment, right now. MomentContinue reading “January 04, 2022”
January 03, 2022
01 Innocence, sincerity, vulnerability, authenticity, just so-ness, and the like are all characteristics of The Fool, and will not get you very far in the world as it is. Savvy-ness has its place. Yoda and Obi-wan Kenobi seem to embody the right ratios, though a bit more jocularity wouldn’t hurt anything. Jesus and the BuddhaContinue reading “January 03, 2022”
January 02, 2022
01 Mind how you go. Know what you know. Sounds easy enough. Nothing is more difficult. Except for freedom of choice and free will. How many of us chose to be where we are? Yet, we got here by freely choosing the choices that brought us here. Now. But. None of us was free toContinue reading “January 02, 2022”