today
Practice mindfulness exercises – they can help ease your mind and improve your ever day in every way.
Have a good day everyone!
You matter!!
Oyashikiri
PL Precept # 18 EVERY moment is a turning point.
Archive for the ‘Taoist’ Category
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
lundi
Live today filled with enthusiasm
Life is an accumulation of the efforts you make, ay by day. live keeping in mind that “today” only comes once and live your precious life to the fullest.
PL 2015
Oyashikiri
Today
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
time
PL Precept # 16 All things progress and develop
Never miss an opportunity to let someone know you care – the day will come when that will no longer be possible.
Oyashikiri
doors
Top two pictures were taken in Europe by friends travelling, everyone knows I have a passion for doors. (you think) ” No need to bring anything back, looks for interesting doors” There is never a shortage. What would we do without -doors-
Good morning everyone. Can you feel the change in the early morning air. I’m loving it!
Bonnie took me out for my first birthday month lunch yesterday, crab and shrimp linguine with fresh asparagus in an Alfredo sauce. It was ok, the company was superb! I knew I could have a problem with the Alfredo sauce, but I tried it anyway seafood and fresh asparagus… hey! (yes I had a reaction… but ah… once in awhile… some of us never learn!)
I am responsible for my actions.. sigh… does that sound grown up or what!
Have a good day everyone, for more doors from all over the world… please have a look at Dan’s site No Facilities, link below (if you like fun books, when you visit his site, check out his recent book)
Remember to share a smile today.
Oyashikiri
PL Precept #1 Life is Art
https://nofacilities.com/2026/09/10/bbq-dam-lock-tour/
top two pictures ..Nick
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
Thursday
It’s true, under the blue sky I saw the golden glow of the leaves, waving from the tree across the church yard. In the morning, when I left home, I could feel the briskness in the early morning air.
The Chinese lanterns are showing their happy faces in the flower beds in front of the church.
I admit to a wee bit of happy anticipation of the weeks to come. The changing season… summer to fall… is a natural “high” for me. I love watching Mother Nature begin her creative colouring of the environment.. she does it gradually, first with a hint of colour, and a drop in the temperature of the playful breeze that tosses your hair. Some evenings the nip in the air means… time for long sleeves.
PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning point.
Can’t you just hear that crackle in a toasty fireplace?
Oyashikiri
mardi
Mornings are cooler, I’ve seen colour in the trees, at first it was a hint of red, then an amber turned to a pumpkin orange… there is no longer any doubt, the season is going to change early.
You ready?
Sincere prayers . will always be answered. let’s continue to pray for World Peace from the bottom of our hearts.
PL 2016
Oyashikiri
