Bom dia dear friends… short note… having trouble with this blog site.. there may be delays or…
We are now entering the month of November.. the magical month of October ended..
Good relationships begin by greeting each other.
Acts of respect and courtesy are reflections of how much we value others. make it a point to be the first to greet your family, people at work and around the neighbourhood.
PL2014
Oyashikiri
When was the last time you sat around doing “nothing” and didn’t feel guilty ..
There was a time when going for a drive, or to the cottage, meant getting away from the everyday “grind”… Often the cottage didn’t even have a phone… never mind a television. time was spent swimming, fishing, hiking, riding a bike through country lanes … reading under the shade of a big tree…. I remember taking the row boat out.. (no engine, you rowed) sitting in the middle of the lake and just letting it drift once I was away from shore…
I am told these days are long gone and impossible to find unless one goes far far out ..away from cities/towns. (I am also told that some lakes have banned motor boats (speed boats) … but.. I don’t know that for fact)
I left home without my cell phone the other day. Wow… I realized it was noticeable. Especially when I wasn’t driving.. stopped somewhere for any length of time… I found myself checking my pocket to see if there was something I had to respond to… and then adjusting my “habit” when I realized my cell phone was at home.. and I was “on my own”…. liberating or what!
Find a quiet place and simply – enjoy the moment –
Life is Art
Oyashikiri
bottom photo-Ian M.
Good morning… you all know by now that I use avatars to help me in my photography for my blogs. At this time of year the designers are putting out their skins for “Halloween” There are thousands of us who love this time of the year…. our creativity knows no bounds.
When working with “Bee” here, before I got her dressed in hair and clothes… I thought how beautiful the designer had made her face. She stood out, she wasn’t an old hag, a witch with a warped nose, her makeup wasn’t gothic Gor… I found she had a certainly quality to her.. and.. she was proud of who she was. To match her facial skin, I had to search out a designer who worked in the colour tones that would compliment her face.
I found a designer who made skin that gave her body the appearance of being a “barbie” doll. Bingo. a match!
You know ladies how we are constantly being bombarded with ads on how to make ourselves look younger, skinner, etc. Working with this model.. was inspiring..
It is not about what we look like, its about, the person we are . who we are.. how we treat others and live in the world around us. “a broken crayon still colours”
PL Precept # 3 God appears through one’s self
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving
http://www.secondlife.com, velour mall,fontane,
Are you feeling lost in space? Is the world gone techi crazy, is humanity being left behind? Have you found that instead of dealing with human issues we are being left to deal with automated robots? Technology that has no “heart” or “mind” of its own.
More than ever, it is important for you to find time to reconnect with nature. To breathe in air that isn’t polluted with endless concrete buildings and the noise of a city that is on steroids of batteries and flashdrives.
PL Precept #20 Live maintaining equilibrium between mind and matter
Oyashikiri
Compromise and hesitation tend to make things more complicated
Compromising and holding back your true feelings only serves to make things even more complicated always be true to yourself.
PL2015
Oyashikiri
Did you know needle felting is done with sheep’s wool, after the sheep is sheared, the wool is processed into roving… I spent years chasing after the product before it became easily accessible, when felting became a skill that was more popular. On the left is one of the dancers I made when I was with the Canadian leg of an American one of a kind Art Doll group.
I was reflecting not long ago on how now when I drive country roads, I no longer see farm animals grazing peacefully in the fields. I even thought back to a very distant memory when the first home my parents bought had a coal bin, in the basement.
Memories are something that creep into our lives when we least expect them to, and when our thought process is not always ready to accept or understand why.. they are surfacing.
In PL we have a precept that you see me use often.
PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning point
My life has been long, busy, and very full. I reflect at times, at how my life experiences have brought me to where I am today.
Have you seen one of my post … on FB .. where I use a sign that reads…
In my younger years, we made things out off whatever we could find to create what we were trying to express … or for instance make something we needed or wanted, because unlike today, we couldn’t just go to a shop and purchase something.
With all this technology today (and believe me, let something happen to my keyboard or mouse!! you want to see panic!!) are we inundated with too much…???
We are all so accepting of credit cards, cell phones that are carried everywhere, … let me ask…. do you ever want a quieter easier less frantic lifestyle.. do you know what it is to have a peaceful lazy day where you don’t experience quilt if you set aside time just for YOU.??
PL Precept #20 Live maintaining equilibrium between mind and matter
Yesterday I had a moment of sitting in a tree, on an upper branch that held two of us… the moment was breath taking. The visual of that moment was for me…. simply awesome..
I think having awesome moments in this day and age… is utterly fantastic.
Here is wishing you such moments… everyone deserves them!!!
Oyashikiri
Experience the joy of change
It is truly amazing when you look back at yourself this year compared to last year, or today, compared to yesterday, and realize who much you have improved or changed.
PL Precept #16 All this progress and develop
Oyashikiri
Have a good day.. stop and smell the roses… we only get to live a moment once… make it count.
PL Precept #15 All is a mirror
Oyashikiri
Express straight away once you’ve found it..”Great”
Proactively express about others goodness. It feels great to be told so, even about things you already know.
PL2023.24
Oyashikiri
