Samedi
A member sent this out the other day. I just stared at it. So true!
Anyone else feel the same way!
PL Precept #17 Grasp what is most essential
PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning point
Happy Saturday all.
Oyashikiri
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Friday
For days I basically dragged myself around, my attention span was that of a gnat … did you know that these little insects besides being a bother.. can bite, (they feed on blood) (biting midges)
I mentioned the other day that I had returned to the “bush” and spent some time in the dense overgrowth… pruning back, and clearing areas that were getting too dense to walk clear of wet prickly vegetation.. it was time well spent, but I was exhausted from the effort.. when I finally sat still .. my body had something to say about my activities.
Well dear reader… my body decided enough was enough, and took my mind off of wandering the woodlands. It allowed me to feel its opinion..I started to sniffle, sneeze, ear blocked, I felt a cold sore coming on.. and then it struck with the symptom it knew I was not going to enjoy,, chills, Let’s just say, my body does not have a sense of humour.
I’ve been practicing a lot of C A L M …. the rip van winkle kind.
How are you doing? Did you experience any of that thunderstorm we had the other night. Do you know we still had hail around one of the flower beds yesterday afternoon.
/all in all, today is a brand new day. Sun is out.. what adventure will it bring my way?
PL Precept #21 Live the PL Way…
PL Precept # 1 Life is Art
Oyashikiri
Monday
I took this one day… while I stood in an empty parking lot, looking up . I was suddenly visited by a passing bird. These birds have a wonderful way of soaring across open skies drifting on currents.
I woke up today, thinking, I should go back to the parking lot..not that the bird will magically reappear … but to touch base with the woman I was when I went to that same part of the forest every day for almost 10 years. (maybe more)
Don’t know about you. but years have worn something down in me. I can’t yet define what that exact change is.. but I know…deep down inside, that there is a part of me that no longer, sees “life” the same way.
Over the years I have said goodbye to so many of my dearest and closest friends…. FB keeps sending us reminders, memories… it’s fun, sometimes.. but… really…. today… this moment… now… this is where I am and what I have to deal with …
i.e. I just had a moment of wishing that could still hit a key and a word would underline.. anyone else remember that function. It was a common feature, we had it in all word processing software./features. Not now. Some “genius” who probably never wrote for a living or loved using the written word to communicate… decided, he/she seldom used that feature, so obviously the rest of the world didn’t need it either.
and please, don’t get me started on the # of people in the world who can’t really read or write properly .. never mind.. how to do simply addition.
oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.. time to find my way down to the car and a patch of woodland….. have a good day everyone.. here is your thought for the day
Use dissatisfaction and complaints as a springboard to improvement…
If you only complain about something, nothing will get better. Look for the short comings in your thinking and come up with creative solutions to your problems.
Oyashikiri
the bird is a vulture
Sunday
The best timing is when you notice — when you notice something, it is God sending you a message. Act right away so you don’t miss good timing.
PL2022
Yesterday I found myself in a state of “what is going on”… everything I started doing, seemed to be “”oh no!” the festival I wanted to attend didn’t happen… I tried to find my own way there, but the directions I got were not accurate, .. the directions came from an American source, and the highway number I was given was incorrect.. I knew I should be merging to the left, but the hwy number they were giving me was wrong, that highway was to the right.. at that exact moment of trying to merge in five lanes of traffic three going in one direction and two in another, my phone began ringing with a LD call.
Needless to say.. I ended up.. getting off the highway so that I could safely determine which way was which. By the time I found a safe place to pull over… I had decided.. enough .. was enough..
I have wanted to go to this festival for several years now.. it is big, huge event (a yarn, roving, wool, etc. outdoor event that is one of the best ever!!!) I had waited for my friend to give me the co-ordinates, I guessed finally after waiting for days for the info. that it wasn’t going to arrive.. that is why I turned to google maps. SIGH….
The disappointment will pass. Even the cat felt the moment with me.
Oyashikiri
kudos
Thanks to the misasage of members and our unstopping efforts of Rev. Hiroki and Yoshiko….. we now have an upright fence closure. Yes there are a few more steps to be done, but the fence is up!!!!
A community that shares Musubi !!!
Thanks to the man of smiles and encouragement Rev. Hiroki Matsuki
PL Precept #21 Live in Perfect Liberty
Oyashikiri
Today
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.
Oyashikiri
Saturday
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
jeudi
Friends can spend time in silence… just being together is what makes the moment “happen”
Actions speak louder than words.
Oyashikiri
mecredi
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.
Oyashikiri
PL Precept #18 Each moment is a turning point
lundi- music
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.
Oyashikiri
