Acceptance Changes Everything
Acceptance changes everything! Try it, you’ll like it 🙂 Travelling with my family in Portugal this summer was a rich and splendid experience… with, of course as it is to be expected, a few AFGOs*. One early in the trip had to do with the cramped space in our Lisbon lodging. I could notice my...
Mystery: Embrace and Embody
What better way to start the new year than by reminding ourselves that life is a Mystery.  We can fight and struggle trying to understand and control everything, or we can embrace and embody the Mystery, live and celebrate it!  Some wise writers, mystics, and activists weigh in on the Mystery of life, and of living it, alone...
Eclipse: Ordinary and Extraordinary
A few nights ago there was a “super moon”, and a total lunar eclipse. Â What is more, it was a clear night in Vancouver, so we could actually see the spectacle! Â As it turned out, we almost missed it. Mike and I were playing cribbage, one of our daily practices. Â We had the lights down...
San Juan Island and Derailleur Disaster
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other as though everything is a miracle.” attributed to Albert Einstein. Day 3:  I am definitely miracle minded!  We slept in until 8:00 :-), had strawberries, apples, banana, yoghurt mixed with Lisl’s almond muffin and our trail-mix crumbled on...
Celebrate!
It’s not long ago that we were 10 strong, here in our apartment in Vancouver, then in Bellingham… and we did a lot of celebrating! Â When I am in a celebratory mode or mood, wonderful things happen, and/or most whatever happens is wonderful. Celebrating is closely akin to joy. Â It’s not always ‘on top’, of...