Mother Nature does it so well – art in its purest form.
Everyone is human and has both good and bad things about them. Let’s strive to look for the good points in others so that we can get along.
Appreciate each person’s good points.
PL2015
Oyashikiri
Live today filled with Enthusiasm
Life is an accumulation of the efforts you make, day by day. Live keeping in mind that “today” only comes once and live your precious life to the fullest
PL2015
Oyashikiri
When life hands you a problem that just won’t go away…. What do you do? Do you simply accept the solution presented to you… or do you look at your options and change directions.
Yesterday I did something that I have been wanting to do since I moved to this area, over 20 years ago. I went to a barber shop. Exciting eh! I have been driving past this place over the years and wondered, how it existed, I live in a big city …. this little shop.. sits by itself on a busy city street… with two big commercial shops on either side.. not directly beside it.. it is on its own little lot.
It was once a house, converted to a little barber shop in the front of the building and upstairs (back entrance) is a Tattoo shop. I am eccentric, past my gentle years, and set in my ways… I would drive by and see a truck or big SUV parked in front, never a lot of cars.. maybe two .. the odd time three. … always there was plenty of parking and the cheerful barber sign winking from the window.
Yesterday, I simply drove in, parked and walked in. I have been having busy days one after another. Its been on problem to solve after another. Not big overwhelming stuff… just …. “stuff”
I wanted my head shampooed … and hair cut. nothing more.. (I usually cut my own, so this was going to be a treat)….. I walked in, was greeted right away, and asked to sit.. I looked around for a wash basin .. didn’t see one, he directed me right to a chair.
Ah.. I thought.. sigh.. no shampoo…. but I was there.. so I sat. You know what. I was there. I said I wanted my hair clipped and I pointed to the other man in a chair being groomed, like that.. the older barber, looked over, and said to the younger man.. use…and he gave him numbers.. (clipper sizes I guessed). I closed my eyes and just let it happen.
Within minutes I could feel my whole body start to relax.. the buzzing of the razor, expert hands gently moving over and around my head….was soothing.. I actually heard my body sigh. not just a little sigh. .. a dramatic… sigh.. my shoulders eased, and I relaxed even more. He kept working, I heard a little voice say.. “hair grows back’… BUT.. YOU KNOW WHAT…..at that moment.. I let it happen, I was actually relaxing.
Don’t be afraid to try something new.
PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning point.
PL Precept # 19 Begin once you Perceive.
I didn’t get my hair washed, but I had a wonderful relaxing experience… Sometimes what we think we want and what we need is different.. I learn something new every day.. =^_^=
Have a good day everyone.
Oyashikiri
Avatar is from SL (Second Life) http://www.secondlife.com
Have a happy day everyone
In the church’s March newsletter, there was a paragraph, that I think bears repeating.
“Money and material things are materials for our self expression What matters is how effectively we use them, how we use them for the sake of life and for others, and whether our way of using them brings joy not only to ourselves but also the people around us.”
Smiles sweetly at you… Ok rant is over for now.. this is Saturday morning, and we are having a long week-end.
OH, there is the beeping of a truck backing up… someone is moving.. in or out I don’t know.. hopefully the rain will hold off for them. time for me to move along Have a grand day !!!! I am working on mine.
Oyashikiri
By the way if you follow me on FB… I have started to put a mini post in the visual posts that last only 24 hours. I am enjoying the creativity of using the “characters/personalities” i develop in SL using avatars. and Eastern philosophy.
SL is Second Life. http://www.secondlife.com
Never give up – there is always a way!
yes, that is a sweet potato … it grew into a beautiful vine…
Oyashikiri
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.
PL2016
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.
Oyashikiri
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.
Oyashikiri
