Tao | dymoonblog

A fine WordPress.com site

Archive for the ‘Tao’ Category

flowers

A bouquet of friendship and love from friends in Australia.

Came home from a long day yesterday to find a message from the concierge, could I come to the front desk please…. et voila…this beautiful arrangement was waiting for me.

It took me some time to get over my husband’s passing, the changes that made in my life, how I felt about my situation, what it meant to me, and how I was going to move forward. Nature, its constant ebb and flow, the seasons, flowed into one another, spring was followed by summers, summers turned golden and crimson, … winter soon followed, and before I knew it years had passed and I was still “on hold”

You all know that soon changed in the spring of this year when I woke up one day and listened to the urging of my inner voice. You have seen my posts, you’ve read my “ramblings” … one quote that I have used .. is

it was like a light bulb went on in my head. I didn’t even know that I was ready to move on with my life it just happened. To my amazing friends who helped me achieve this mammoth change from being a home owner to a renter….the real estate agency that worked to accomplish my goal, Walkerottawa.com (Michelle Walker and Carl Brunet) .. I am filled with gratitude, I could not have done it on my own. their expert consultation/guidance their action plan. The house was sold within the first couple of days.

In life .. I have learned that only I can make changes to my life…. the responsibility is all mine and mine alone. “Knowing something is not the same as being wise.”

First, Accept everything

Life is filled with moments, sometimes happy and at times inconvenient. It is important to first accept every situation as it occurs and try to accept and understand it for what it is,

Blessings all, till soon.

Oyashikiri

Walker real estate group is part of Remax – Michelle Walker 613-830-5858 michelle@walkerottawa.com Carl Brunet 613-830-5858 carl@walkerottawa.com

Flowers were from Talia flowers on Bank St. in Ottawa. @taliaflowers.ottawa

Category:

amazement, appreciation, coping, expression, faith, friendship, giving thanks, guidence, Life, Light, living, Love, musing, nature photography,, Oneness, perfect liberty, photograph, photographs, pl, quotations, sentiment, sharing, Tao, Taoist, teaching, Uncategorized, unconditional love

Tagged with:

Tuesday

Sometimes we have to stop moving around, going out, taking on another project and simply chill

Do you really need to be on your cell as often as you are.

When was the last time you read a book?

In PL, everyday is a new day, a new beginning. PL Precept # 1 Life is Art.

Start by thinking “this is interesting!”

Even when you’re dealing with a difficult situation, it is important to find something interesting about it. From there you will be blessed with wisdom and something new will come out of it.

PL2019.5

Some food for thought! Have a good one everyone! Till soon.

Oyashikri

Category:

amazement, appreciation, blessing, digital art, educational, expression, faith, friend, friendship, living, lonliness, Love, mirror art, musing, Oneness, perfect liberty, photographs, pl, quotations, sentiment, sharing, smile, Tao, Taoist, teaching, trust, truth, Uncategorized, unconditional love, visual art

Tagged with:

Saturday

Oyashikiri

fyi ..Rockhound Gemboree was a total delight. I attended a lecture on the oldest dinosaur found in Alberta… saw some amazing displays and came home with a few treasures!

Be kind to one another! smile and share PL Sunshine and Joy.

Category:

amazement, appreciation, coping, educational, expression, faith, friendship, lonliness, Love, photograph, photographs, photography, pl, quotations, sentiment, spiritual, Tao, Taoist, teaching, trees, trust, truth, Uncategorized, unconditional love, Universe, visual art, wonder, world peace

vendredi

The dragon roars – and all around the town his meaning is clear – stop the infernal negativity – start looking around and find the joy and sunshine. Stop chasing tomorrow or dwelling on what was, this is NOW – open your eyes to what IS –

PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning point.

PL Precept # 19 Begin once you perceive.

Oyashikiri

Till Soon everyone! Heading for Bancroft today! and.. so everyone hears it at the same time…remember all the “stuff” I gave away, donated etc. (to do with cardmaking and multi media projects) ….. had to make a trip to Scrap en Masse yesterday – October is coming!

Category:

appreciation, art, blessing, coping, crafting,scrapbooking,card making,baking supplies,, Dao, educational, expression, feelings, friendship, joy, Life, living, Love, musing, Oneness, perfect liberty, pl, quotations, sentiment, sharing, Tao, Taoist, teachings, Uncategorized, unconditional love, visual art

Tagged with:

Thursday

The Shortcut to Progress is to listen with a humble mind

If you are stuck in your own ways, you will eventually become bogged down. Let’s remember to be humble, learning what we can for the knowledge, advice and suggestions of others.

PL2016.24

Oyashikiri

Photos-Shirley K (NZ)

Category:

feelings, Life, mind, musing, nature photography,, Oneness, perfect liberty, philosophy, photographs, pl, quotations, sentiment, sharing, smile, spiritual, Tao, Taoist, teaching, teachings, Uncategorized, unconditional love, Universe, visual art, wonder

Tagged with:

Oxtail broth

How many of you have been so disappointed when buying store bought bone broth? I have been trying off and on now for a long time to satisfy my craving for a good ready made broth. What you see above is my breakfast … a bowl of steaming freshly made (overnight) oxtail soup.

Oxtails fresh from the butcher at the Asian supermarket near me

Fresh okra grown locally

fresh mushroom (big cafe ones)

slices of sweet onion/Spanish onion

cream corn (small can)(I prefer the known brands -thick creamy)

garden fresh baby potatoes (today it was red /yellow ) quartered

diced tomato, green pepper, red pepper *(Pizza topping from the fresh veggie shop near by)

seasoned with pink salt, minced and diced garlic and ginger.

The oxtail is such a rich meat, so delicious and tender, I did not add a lot of other spices I wanted the flavour of the beef.

The aroma as it simmered overnight was ..”heavenly” The taste this morning is “divine”

Don’t rush or allow yourself to get flustered

When you rush, it limits your ability to pay attention to detail, and often leads to careless mistakes. With a prayerful mind, take a deep breath and act calmly.

PL2016.22

Trust in the rhythms of life.

Oyashikiri

soup was made using my wok

why prepared pizza topping – at FarmBoy (fresh produce store) they prepare this every day for customers… and for a single person on my own, buying a whole lot of veggies means I have a lot of waste… this way the produce is freshly made every day and I don’t have an excess of veggies going to waste in my fridge.

Category:

appreciation, blessing, coping, educational, expression, faith, giving thanks, Life, living, Love, mind, musing, Oneness, perfect liberty, philosophy, photograhy, photograph, pl, quotations, sentiment, sharing, smile, spiritual, Tao, Taoist, teaching, trees, truth, Uncategorized, unconditional love, Universe, visual art

Wontons

Freshly made wontons, brought home and made a wonderful soup. on the left, stock is being prepared with bone broth, mushrooms, onion, garlic, ginger, and fresh cut sweet onion, with corn cut from the cob. I used part of the wontons for lunch, then the last of the wontons I made another soup for dinner.

Today the 21st. we celebrate Thanksgiving (Day of Appreciation) service at 10a.m. Japanese Curry on rice after!!

Let’s all take a moment to say thank you… for all the blessings in our life.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Let’s live with gratitude toward everyone and everything all day today.

If you can’t make the day service, we have one at 7 pm,

Oyashikiri

Thank you Yoshiko, wontons were amazing!

Category:

appreciation, coping, faith, living, mirror art, musing, pl, sentiment, sharing, smile, Tao, teaching, Uncategorized, unconditional love, Universe

Tagged with:

appearances

You are the result of your daily efforts

Put your whole heart into everything you do in your daily life. Your true self will shine through

It doesn’t matter where you go .. how you do your hair, wear your clothes, you will always be YOU. Clothes, makeup, hairstyles will not change the person you are, It does feel good to dress up, and it is fun to try different outfits, but always, you “person” is the YOU you woke up with and will be with you when you turn off at night.

PL Precepts – # 2 – To live is to express One’s self

Oyashikiri

How many times have you gone on a holiday to escape, only to find that you only took your “issues” with you … and guess what.. when you get home/back- nothing changed.

Category:

appreciation, educational, expression, friendship, Life, living, musing, Oneness, philosophy, photograph, pl, quotations, sentiment, sharing, Tao, Taoist, teaching, trust, Uncategorized, unconditional love, visual art

Tagged with:

Thursday

To do, or not to do, there is only one way!

Although we may have many choices in front of us, in the end we must all make a single decision. Once you have made up your mind, move forward without hesitation.

PL2012.20

This message is one that needs repeating. How often do we rush into something, and find that ..maybe, just maybe…. we should have, could have waited.

Oyashikiri

Was a month yesterday, I have been living in an apartment, what a change, and what a blessing. I learned how valuable friends are, and how life without them would be very empty. Friends are precious gifts.

Till soon

Category:

appreciation, coping, feelings, friendship, giving thanks, Life, living, Love, mirror art, musing, nature photography,, photographs, pl, quotations, sentiment, Tao, Taoist, trust, truth, Uncategorized, Universe, wonder

bom dia

A different season. temperatures are somewhat cooler this morning, but who knows what we will experience by end of day. The humidity levels have been so draining.

The move has gone well, the house is now sold, belongs to someone else… Yay! I do miss my garden(s) especially the trees that are now giving fruit. but.. such is life.. now I am adjusting to living in an apartment and parking in an underground maze of cars…. metal sculptures on rubber wheels that wait for us to need them again.

There is one car down there that is kept like a polished jewel, one day I will meet the owner, it is a baby blue jeep. Not once have I seen it with a spec of dust on it, it just looks so “pretty”…. mine has already been christened, with cement scrapes and scratches.

“Oh! and guess what!” I finally found my storage container with the pasta etc. in it. Yay! Let’s see… and oh yes, yesterday I treated the hardwood floors to a Magnolia Home carpet. (by Joanna Gaines)(Loloi) It is a runner not a full carpet.. the cats love it. I enjoy the contrast of it against the hardwood floor. Slowly my new “home” is taking shape. You saw yesterday the mask I found.. lots of good positive energy there!!!

Eartha was here yesterday, she helped me with the magnesium creams/spray .. getting ready to work on the “ZEN” room. There is a teaser for you.. I’m really looking forward to enjoying the “ZEN” room. fyi. the magnesium cream does seem to give breathing room to the neuropathy visits. I have found the topical use of magnesium more effective (for me) then supplements. Which end up in my digestive system.. I want it where I need it.