Minimalism

I am getting more involved in the minimalism movement .I've been simplifying and cleaning out drawers , closets and art work .Now looking at removing more of my stuff that seems I seem to be more attach too. Today I gave a a ceramic sculpture I made to someone that has no way to return favor.It took some soul searching and a deep breath but I did it and it feel good .Love to all.


 

Future

life

Silence

Trust

                                          So beautifull . Out of mud the lotus blossums.

you

Desiderata

v

Can't stay Young Forever

Lake

Look at the lake in front of the gate. When the sun shines, it radiates light and brightness. When the wind comes, there arise ripples and waves. There is a time for peaceful contemplation; there is a time for dynamic action; and all the time the lake remains itself.

~ Yongming Yanshou –

so moving.

 

This may be one of the most powerful image I've have ever seen . I touches me in a deep soul moving way . Tears spring from not my eyes but from that deep well of compassion that is hard to put into words. Compassion yes but gratitude for this act of caring awakens in me of how the smallest act of caring helps another and moves me to new awareness of this need deeper into my being.I know I've tried to say what his means to me and it is really beyond words . May this photo move you as it has me. 

Progress not Perfection

I have found change can take time . When I find a defect that needs changing in me  , there seems to be a pattern in how I address it. When I entered AA , I was told in our Big Book that I was self centered run extreme that was not good news but I owned it . Now that I had been spiritual enlighted to a defect .It was not something I knew before that moment so none of that defect before I accept it should I cry over.I will make admends but I was not enlightened so as to beat nyself over it but to address it. I have found for me it has taken several years of doing that act before I can make great progress of correcting, From the first moment I continue doing this defect and then say to myself in amazement ,"  I can't believe I do that "! I had not realize it before that previous moment of clarity . Many moment of clarity become enlightenment. As the time passes I continue to make progress on a defect-Progress not perfection seems to be the rule.

Quiet

Finished "Walden" again . I love this book . It helps keep me center . I know it has it's faults but what it gives me negates them. I believe strongly in firm goals and goal settings .These are better set with a quiet center. An unbalanced center would seem to me to set chaotic goals.This is the first day of the rest of my life---YEA !!!!!!

Flowers within flower

                 
                                I love this photo . The purple bloom is less than a half inch across.

precious

Child of  God

The best lesson I ever got from oa was this. Are you ready? Whatever you see in someone else is in you .If you see preciousness it is in you or it would just go right over your head. You would not recognize it. So one day 20 years ago my grandson was lying on the floor too new even to turn over by himself .I was looking at him and I saw innocence and purity. this light went off in my head. I just saw innocence and purity so it must be in me or I could not have recognized it. I have claimed that ever since .I now have a switch in my head that goes :if I see someone and think she so sweet- the switch says : I'm sweet .I love the word precious. I'm precious - you are precious and my grandkids and yours become the key to understanding how wondrous we are. Neat ,huh ? Love to you precious wondrous little child of God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Small wild flower I saw this morning less than a half an inch.

Naked soul-Kazantzakis.

Copied this from "Zorba Te Greek" . I thought it was so beautiful. I love all of Kazantzakis books.

Purity

“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

    

Zorba

I' m reading " Zorba " which I have read several times over the years . Many years ago I read identifying with the younger narrator of the story . This time I'm closer to Zorba's age and identify with him . Interesting to read same book from a very different perspective . It is kind of like my grieving for my Dad who was killed in WWll
in his twenties. I used to grieve for him as a loss of a Dad . He is frozen in time and now I look back and grieve for him as I would a child from dying so young and all he missed. Strange strange strange ! Read Zorba if you haven't-great! Also another book I love is " Life of Pi" -The movie cannot possible capture this wonderful tale !

Pets

I am house and pet sitting while my daughter and her family are on vacation. The needs of the pets for human contact always amazes me .I do not own a pet so to see this need is interesting .Many times I will close the door of the room in which I’m reading for I like my privacy too .At least three times a day I will sit in the living room where they can get to me and in no time flat they appear. The dog always comes first and all he wants is for me to pet him and to talk to him .Before long he is resting at my feet pushed up against my legs for contact .Next in a short time one of the two cats has arrived and gets in my lap. While I stroke him he starts a quiet purring I can feel. A side note : one cat I can hear purr and the other I can feel .The second cat on arrival ends up on my shoulder .At night I like to sleep on the couch in  the game room and this is our sleeping pattern dog at feet ,cat on my back and the other beside my head. I can tell they need this companionship and human contact. It is just a strange phenomenon to me. It is relaxing to me sitting for at least an hour three times day and not moving and relaxing my muscles and quieting my mind.