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Saturday

When was the last time you sat around doing “nothing” and didn’t feel guilty ..

There was a time when going for a drive, or to the cottage, meant getting away from the everyday “grind”… Often the cottage didn’t even have a phone… never mind a television. time was spent swimming, fishing, hiking, riding a bike through country lanes … reading under the shade of a big tree…. I remember taking the row boat out.. (no engine, you rowed) sitting in the middle of the lake and just letting it drift once I was away from shore…

I am told these days are long gone and impossible to find unless one goes far far out ..away from cities/towns. (I am also told that some lakes have banned motor boats (speed boats) … but.. I don’t know that for fact)

I left home without my cell phone the other day. Wow… I realized it was noticeable. Especially when I wasn’t driving.. stopped somewhere for any length of time… I found myself checking my pocket to see if there was something I had to respond to… and then adjusting my “habit” when I realized my cell phone was at home.. and I was “on my own”…. liberating or what!

Find a quiet place and simply – enjoy the moment –

Life is Art

Oyashikiri

bottom photo-Ian M.

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Hi.. looked for a peaceful picture for today. Donkeys are cool, they simply do their thing…

Looking at me I appear rather harmless.. a gentle older woman, short cropped gray/white hair.. I wear a North American version of the two piece outfits, Asian used to wear.. I don’t have the Mandarin collar, I wear a scrub top instead… (convenient for cell phone, keys and small wallet) and silk or linen pant won’t work since I am active outside… so I wear a pair of dark jeans or loose travel pant.. .. in other words, I blend into the landscape…

Last night, this over 50 gentle woman took a sledge type hammer to a pill bottle. No I wasn’t angry, I was trying to open a child proof .. tamper proof bottle of (over the counter) pain medication .. after exhausting the push down, turn trick several times, I resorted to a special aid, bottle/can opener I have under my counter… even tried a wrench… It was after midnight and I had been trying for hours to be “adult”… finally I reached down into the “junk” drawer, and pulled out the “hammer” I bought for driving stakes into the ground. Placed the offending bottle on the bathroom bath mat and swung…

Hey! It took several good swings, before it broke, but that was just the cover.. then I had give it another well aimed blow before the rest came away so I could get at the gel capsule I wanted.. What is the expression…. where there is a will… there is a way..

That’s my story for the day… what’s yours.

“You can find true joy when you work creatively within the rules..”

Its Oct. 1 today, I can go crazy with fall colours.. and dust off my broom.

Oyashikiri

and NO . having a husband for such occasions… is not an option

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Good Morning everyone –

God will support you if you put your full Makoto (sincerity/heart) into what you do

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.

Oyashikiri

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Thought I’d take you down to another time when life was very different from “today” – before my time… but.. I enjoyed the visit. Maybe you will too.

I was looking for a song .. there have been several “passings” these past weeks.. the song.. Happy trails came to mind… and this video came up.

NO cell phones back then.

PL Precept # 16 All things Progress Develop.

This is a more recent version done by Van Halen…

Have a good day everyone… put “Makoto” (sincerity) in all you do.

Oyashikiri

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Tuesday

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

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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

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Friday

Did someone say “long week-end”?

….. Let’s start by enjoying this moment, right now… I closed my eyes and felt the sunshine… it is streaming through the patio window. Must be time to “catch some rays”

Time to go out to the woods and “play”

Enjoy whatever it is you plan to do today..

Oyashikiri

PL Precept #19 Begin once you perceive.

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Sunday

Reach out and talk to a friend today that you have had on your mind, but haven’t caught up with in awhile

Every day is a new beginning. Once today is gone, it will never happen again.

I received a text this morning, in seconds my world was changed. That is how quickly “life happens”.. Don’t squander your day.. Enjoy who you are in this moment, Appreciate and have gratitude… now is slipping away, I close my eyes and say a simple “thank you” for sharing this moment with me.