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7/18/2017

 
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Canister Quotes...
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"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment." Emerson

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Twain

"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, un-forgiveness, selfishness and fears." Glenn Clark


Wow, getting back to the business of living some sort of routine - good routines. The experiment that is mentioned in the first quote... Ho! I gave myself permission to be obsessed with the GS project for a short time. Didn't work out. I'm now officially used to being semi-retired. I am not interested in being consumed with work 24/7. I got the message loud and clear that healthy daily routines are required. I'm starting here...
  • Cuddle with my Honey 10 min
  • Coffee - must have 5 min
  • Daily Affirmations sheet I created a few weeks ago! 
  • Meditation from the Insight Timer - Michelle Zarrin Heart Part 1 10 day meditation
  • Write about the quote pulled from the canister. 
  • Exercise - 30 minutes PiYo... new program 6x per week
  • Personal Self Care - scrub, bath, mud facial, something 3x per week 
  • Clean something 5-10 minutes
  • Organize something 5-10 minutes
  • Read something 15-20 minutes
  • Draw / Paint / Crafty - 10-15 minutes
  • Gardening / Walk / Bike Ride 15-30

I am declaring that yesterday 7-17-17 was a turning point, a tipping point, a shift in my body- mind-  spirit- experience. My internal thought exercises are pretty simple and focused.
  1.  Be aware of the constant resistance to anything and everything you deem to be too much work or effort. Just do it, whatever it is, anyway. As I've mentioned before my "laziness" or focus on efficiency is a constant ongoing thought train on rewind-replay. 

  2. KINDNESS toward myself is the mantra. Simple, easy, consistent PAUSE to WONDER with GRACE & KINDNESS... 
I love that simple and focused is actually complex and expansive. Paradox always indicates to me that I'm on the right path. I can declare a specific time to start working each day to ensure that I have time for the things that keep me balanced and happy.

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    I decided back in November 2015 to make my poetry available and journal online. I'm not exactly sure what "blogging" means but I am quite sure this is an online journal. Feel free to read on with an aire of open minded curiosity. At no time do I intend to offend, judge or pretend to know anything really, I'm just an observer and explorer, as we all are. Feel free to "boldly go" through my observations and perhaps it will spark or inspire. Comments are off because I don't want to be worried about political correctness when I'm writing. I'm not thinking about "you." I'm just writing because it feels "right". Feel free to enjoy or surf on.
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