Don’t be swayed by the past; It’s what you do from now on that counts
Your failures as well as your successes are now in the past. Always look towards the future and start with a fresh outlook
PL2015
Founders Day service at 7 pm in all locations worldwide
Oyashikiri
after an ice storm 2009
winter 2021
just a reminder… of what lies ahead. Right now skies are blue, clear and not a cloud in sight. Will you get out to explore and delight in an adventure or two?
PL Precept #10 Love yourself and others.
No one else can live your life for you. It is yours and yours alone. Choices you make will follow you a lifetime.
Oyashikiri
Another time – another place – peaceful views of a town along the St. Lawrence – it was maybe 4- 5 years ago… I wonder what it is like today.
We are now officially in fall season … already the trees have started to demonstrate their fall colours, Time for another road trip!
For those of us who “craft” its time to begin with the cards, center pieces, decor for the October season even the holidays in December.
There is a special energy and vibe that just builds…. I love it!
PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning point.
Oyashikiri
Too soon there will be concrete buildings obscuring the skyline.. chasing away the animals and pushing nature further back… if you still have access to nature … treasure it. Get out and enjoy it.
Some plants survive even when they found the world around them wasn’t going to make it easy.
You can do the same.
Some messages need to be repeated.
PL Precept #16 All things progress and develop
Oyashikiri
Practice mindfulness exercises – they can help ease your mind and improve your ever day in every way.
Have a good day everyone!
You matter!!
Oyashikiri
PL Precept # 18 EVERY moment is a turning point.
Some days we just want to go back to bed
But
it is not a luxury we can afford
so, we get up and soldier on
true, when there is a will … there is a way
hopefully you will listen to what a I am going to say
Always be true to yourself – because you can never escape the inner YOU
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
wack-o-doodle darn…. new keyboard just crashed on me. just stopped working …. grrrr…. grumble… they don’t make things like they used to.
Ok guys, the keyboard is acting up the software for the blog, is glitching. what does this mean. Short and sweet .. my greeting today.. is to simply…. ENJOY YOUR DAY!
MY mantra for today – tomorrow will be a better day.
update on the fridge… now the freezer part is thawing…
LOL time for a visit with the birds….
Oyashikiri
stay tuned….
“Summer is over ” I heard the grumble .. I wasn’t trying to hear, but the other visitors nearby were unhappy at the prospect of a summer shower.
True the forecast was for off and on “sun showers” till later in the day, with the threat of a thunderstorm during the supper hour. But with the weather .. there are no guarantees.
Yet the group of sun “bathers” were so wrapped up in what MAY be going to happen, they were not appreciating the warm sun drenched moment… NOW.
PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning point
There was a sprinkle of drops, maybe for all of 3 minutes.. and it was over… People quickly packed up and moved on… I stayed .. enjoying an afternoon of refreshing moments with a sun that was warm and welcoming.
Summer is wrapping up, but there are a zillion astonishing moments ahead. Fall Baby! is just around the corner!!!!
Oyashikiri
There are days when we feel lost and alone
Days when you wander from chore to chore,
wondering if there is anything anywhere that will lighten the load
There MUST be more…..
That is when you realize you are not alone…..
Can you see???
In PL. PL Precept #15 All is a mirror
Oyashikiri
on my flickr, I posted the same picture with a different lighting if you can’t make out the background.. might help…. (wicked gleam and laugh)
