The road to happiness
I was driving across the lake yesterday with Deacon John and he said happiness is composed of three things: 1) having something to do, 2) having someone to love, and 3) having something to look forward to.
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Ghosts and honoring who we are
I was speaking to a friend today who is in the throes of trying to decided whether to go back to her ex of ten years. I said well you need to evaluate what the deal breakers were in that relationship and put those on the table (I said E had told me this a long while ago and it was the right thing to do even though my deal breakers were deal breakers). She…
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On a fringe
The Fringe festival arrived in New Orleans and it is mind blowing to view the schedule of events happening around town, not to mention, excuse me, but yes there is a Gumbo Festival going on in Treme I heard on WWOZ – good grief, do we not lack for things to do around here? Jon Cleary is also playing solo piano at DBA and that is a show that shouldn’t be missed but today, after…
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My word of the day sent a thought for the day too!
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. -Rabindranath Tagore, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel laureate (1861-1941).
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The habit of art
My cyber friend underwent a cancer scare and stayed away from her writing for a time, but she came back to it, bit by bit. I always think that you have to keep writing every day and through it all will come the nuggets, with the daily practice of your craft. As the saying goes the fool who persist in her folly, grows wise. Or as Flannery O’Connor said, you need to develop the habit…
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Channeling compassion
I showed up at meditation today after a long day that started at the hospital and Aaron wasn’t there to lead the class instead we had a sub and at first, I was saying “harumph” under my breath but it turned out to be this fabulous journey into compassion. For 20 minutes we picked someone who we wanted to heal and remove their troubles, and I picked my sister who must hurt so much physically…
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Zapata y yo
I went in today for my CT scan to have one more test run on my ticker. I swear sometimes the cure is worse than the disease as lying on the plank with my hands above my head, an IV in one arm and a blood pressure cuff on the other arm, as a mechanical voice told me to breath and quit breathing, and then a flush of iodine injected into me which made my…
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Ex-gratia
I went to Gal Holiday’s goodbye party and garage sale and spotted two Christmas tree ornaments with special meaning attached to each. I delivered one the other day and received a thank you that was two gifts in one: a word for the day – ex-gratia and the idea to sign up for the word a day email myself. What a wonderful way to start 2011! I sent a link to three friends so they…
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The default position
I’ve been grappling with the default on all my preferences with my new computer. Everything including my iPhoto defaults to someone’s idea of the best way to set it up, not mine. The other day I was in a restorative yoga meditation class and Aaron was speaking about the default position and we lay on our backs for one hour running a diagnostic test on our body from tippy toes to top of head –…
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$90 for a pair of Uggs
I really hated to see California women wearing Uggs, it made no sense. And it makes NO sense here in New Orleans either, except at the Lala where the cold air just seeps right in through the floorboards where you can almost see down to the ground since the last freeze popped out all the filler between the boards. So I went online to see about getting Tin some Uggs for around the house and…