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a gentle reminder.
have you used a tuning fork lately?
choose the version that makes you smile.
I liked the sax in this one.
Oyashikiri
a gentle reminder.
have you used a tuning fork lately?
choose the version that makes you smile.
I liked the sax in this one.
Oyashikiri
Today and everyday – Believe in yourSelf.
When you look in a mirror.. take a good look at the “person” looking back at you. A few times now I’ve not really recognized the woman who gives me a startled look, when I glance her in passing by the bathroom mirror that I can’t ignore.
From a closet size bathroom (in my previous home) to the ballroom size one I have now… it has been an adjustment. I think that in the past, I seldom if ever really looked at or in a mirror unless I wanted to check something…ie. my hair before leaving the house…. even then, it has not been a priority.
My sister and I have had belly laugh chuckles.. because we’ve ( I won’t say which of us) has arrived at a choir practice to have a choir mate quietly give us a whisper… )
Yesterday I woke to a sound of continuous knocking on my door, I was horrified to find out that it was after nine, I am usually up and out of the door by 7:00-7:30 ………. do you know what I did? Something I’ve never done ..ever. I answered the door and promptly went back to bed. AND … I gave myself permission to stay in and not go out at all .. all day!!!! in fact, except to get up to eat and check my messages.. I spent most of the day.. “in bed”. Dearest friends .. that was a first…. not because I didn’t feel well, or ached anywhere, no.. I simply wanted to sleep.. so I did. Wow.. is this a sign of “maturity”…
Can it be true.. I actually had a day of doing “nothing” except what I felt like doing…….Wow.. double wowzoooooh earth shattering isn’t it.
PL Precept # 17 Grasp what is most essential.
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Use dissatisfaction and complaints as a springboard to improvement
If you only complain about something, nothing will get better. Look for shortcomings in your thinking and come up with creative solutions to your problems.
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Finding gratitude – connect to the moment. Give voice to your needs, soak in life’s little gifts… we live in a society that obsesses over physical appearance and fitness… it is essential to confront the self critic that lives within us all.
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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
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True friendships are forever – treasure time spent with a friend, we never know what is around the corner. Life is an adventure.
PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning point.
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Friends can spend time in silence… just being together is what makes the moment “happen”
Actions speak louder than words.
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Young or old, we should never stop moving, sharing, laughing, exploring, discovering and expressing our individuality. Life is to be lived.
Don’t let someone else, or some”thing” , rain on your parade.
PL Precept # 5 One’s self is lost by being emotional.
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PL Precept #18 Each moment is a turning point

The church grounds are so welcoming and peaceful at this time of year. We are blessed to have huge wild green space behind our land, so there is always a quiet hush as we approach the grounds.




Service today at 10 a.m. Thanksgiving/Day of Appreciation.
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Some days are better than others. However, every day you are part of is a special day. Welcome each new day, there are opportunities around every corner. We need only be open to the “adventure”
Whether you are staying close to home or going on an errand, the world around you is forever changing. No two days are alike.

No matter the venue, the music will still wrap itself around you and whisk you away on a musical odyssey. Seasons come and go… life keeps happening… so why not enjoy it.

PL Precept #7 Everything exists in relativity
Music is everywhere, find what you enjoy… make time for YOU.
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My cats watching television. I wonder at times what they are thinking as they watch the birds, squirrels, bunnies and other wild critters go about their business of searching for food on the telly . They sit at the patio doors and look out to the courtyard as well. I took a page from their lives yesterday, and took a day off. I let the world go by, and you know what. it survived without me, and I got along just fine.
PL Precept #20 Live maintaining equilibrium between mind and matter.
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