Bom dia
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
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Bom dia
How can it be, we are already almost at the midway mark in September. You doing OK?
Yesterday I took another step in simplifying my existence. I cancelled another financial company from my books. I received what I strongly suspected was e-mail (phishing). When I tried to call/connect with the financial institution… I was only able to get automated responses, and/or a bot. After hourS of being sent from one automated response to another, I was able to leave a message for a call back.
When the call back came… guess what.. it was an automated voice… and only after a push this, that, etc.. did a human voice come on. The representative was of course very polite and helpful (scripted responses tho’ and a format that they seem to follow) I was assured that there was nothing unusual or recent in/on my account.
I had been dealing with the firm for many years, and I had enjoyed good service. BUT now that they have decided humans are replaceable with Ai … bots.. automated everything.. I no longer want to interact… so I cancelled my account with them. Period. The employee apologized and explained they were trying out this new system etc…and still working on smoothing things out ..however, I have had enough.. I will regroup… I will manage… but wasting hours trying to resolve what would have taken .. or should have taken, maybe 15, 20 minutes (not an afternoon).. is not for me.
I like a stress free life.. I like being happy…
PL Precept 20 Live maintaining equilibrium between mind and matter
Oyashikiri
Stay calm and carry on !!!!!
lundi
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
samedi
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.”
- and aside…. how many of you own or use a cell phone.??? I was crazy happy when I started using one. Coming from a time when there was only a land line, IF that… to having a ‘phone” in my pocket… >>>>Swoon <<<<
- Fast forward to 2026….. grrrrrr, I want to lock it in a drawer where I can’t see it or hear it.. Natter … . aggressive, noisy, constantly trying to interfere with my peace and quiet. Remind me, why do I need my mail inbox on my cell phone????
- And what is it with saving everything even if you don’t want to… why am I supposed to have a filing system in a “cloud”
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
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
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
