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Stop Hesitating – Abandone la actitud reservada y vacilante –

When we travel, we pack up our suitcases with our destination in mind. When we are being moved because we are at a stage in life where we need more care than can be had if we stay on our own.

Packing to go away, I never know just what I’ll need, so I take some of this and two pairs of jeans, etc. Especially if we are to travel in our own vehicle, we can take more, “just in case”

But if someone else is packing for you, you find yourself watching, listening to the activity around you. I am the person packing, the person watching and listening was my Mother who will be 96 on May 1st. There was no hesitation on my part, I needed only to know what it was she wanted with her. BUT my Mother who has travelled the world, toured China, walked the cities of Greece, bought opals in Australia,always independent and full of curiosity to see where she would visit next, now knows her destination will be to a health care facility miles away from her home city. Temporary, never-the-less I know it is a trip she would rather not make, wanted very little.

My Mother has always been strong and stoic, whatever challenges the Universe sent her way, she dealt with it. She didn’t dwell on how, she simply did what was necessary to get what she wanted done.

Her attitude is.. bring it on, I’ll deal with it. She never hesitated to live her life, so while we her daughters, do our best to make it happen in a way that is best for her. I believe that the Universe will watch over her. The most important thing in life that she will need, won’t need to be packed, because God has blessed her with the Divine presence that lives within her.

PL Precept # 15 All is a Mirror

PL Precept # 3 God appears through One’s Self

PL Precept #19 Begin once you Perceive

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Chop Suey Tuesday 6.28

Sometimes we want to rest

we do our best to make the time

only you find yourself

being watched with expectation

just to make sure you understand

that your taking a break, is NOT

what you should be doing

I did my best to ignore the pair

however their persistence

was not to be ignored

dog noses are very cold

being stared at is not really

a soothing lullaby

all is not lost

I did find two cars for my

“play car” collection =^_^=

I started a card

the beaver has a chewed ear,

I did find two maple leaves

then suffered a kind of writer’s block

so except for hello

that’s it for the day

my Mother is 95, legally blind and hard of hearing

yet here she is doing what she does best,

living each day, getting the best out of whatever opportunity

comes her way

In this case she is looking at a smart phone to catch up

on recent pictures.

my sister who is trying to catch a glimpse is now in Iceland

where she will be surrounded by

happy people, celebrating the win today against England (soccer)

here .. my addiction…

cold, very cold, ice coffee with a side glass

of ice water..

the perfect mix.

all this to say

life is good everyday

someone sent me a smile today

let me share it with you

the caption on this one was… take your pick…

=^_^=

Namaste – Oyashikiri

Pl Principle # 12 I will get up pleasantly in the morning

PL Principle # 17 I will not say nor do things that hurt others

Chop Suey = this and that

pictures are candid

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Aging – best before date

Maxine always has something to say! As we mature, age, our bodies start to lose the zest and vigor, our minds may still want to play and experience all that life has to offer, but the balance between body and mind has shifted. We’ve all at one time or another had the e-mails or faxed “words of wisdom” passed around to us.

All cute and all words to quote and use when times get tough when we think we are getting old. Usually if I am to believe the moaners and groaners out there in the 25-45 year age group getting older is a process and accept it or not, it is a journey that has to be taken. The magazines, and marketing shows all want us to think that we can stop the process, there are products out there to make one look younger, or a way to apply makeup so you take years away. The French have an expression, “whether you want or you don’t want it, life happens” that is a literal translation.

Laughter is timeless – Imagination has no age – and Dreams are forever (Walt Disney) I can tell you that when for some reason or another I’ve had to visit a home for the elderly, I don’t hear a lot of laughter. When you look into the faces of the men and women who are sitting there lined up in chairs, facing or backs to the sunshine. You usually meet eyes that are blank, with no laughter waiting to spill over, just a tired, resigned look of apathy. No one wants to be in that position, no one goes out of their way to be alone in their very senior years, but for some this is where their journey will bring them.

Even the young are facing such moments. Social media, has a lot of pluses, but it also has the potential of leaving us more alienated from life than we’ve ever found ourselves before. We (society) has taken steps to ensure that what we put into and on our bodies has a best before date emblazoned on it. We joke, and talk about getting old, but we don’t really prepare, really prepare for old age. We accept that a plant will grow and go through the cycle of its life and die, but our own life cycle, we tend to put on hold. We want to live at all costs, and we are always so busy planning how we will do that.. We do not live the moment. If we are unhappy with something, we cleverly, create other means of satisfying that itch, or passion. There is a lot of talk of improving our own SELF. it is a huge task, do we really work hard putting our utmost sincerity (makoto) into dealing with our own issues. Happiness is something that begins within. One first has to be happy with one’s SELF, in the end, that is all you have is your SELF.

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Good Morning Everyone!

Celebrate the day, put your whole heart and makoto into everything you do (sincerity). Never regret the choices you make, learn, embrace the moment and step into the next one. The above picture appears in several places on Pinterest, and a different author of verse is under each one, So to you dear artist and creator of this moment. I say kudos on a wonderful visual interpretation of life.

Dance to the music of life. The Universe is all around us. Therefore, so is LOVE.!!!! Oyashikiri