I have found that actually TAKING the time to meditate and actually DOING it are two completely separate issues. I have also discovered that hanging onto the JOY that comes with a 20-minute mind exercise is not only fleeting, but difficult to retrieve once you’ve allowed it to slip away. […]
Well, I did it. I can’t say it was earth shattering, or a revelation, or even a minor hiccup in the cosmic makeup of all things important – but I did it. With help. I’m in NO way going to claim responsibility for having the wherewithal to have come up […]
Yet again, daily life has interrupted my personal journey. I am the first one to admit that I tend to put EVERYTHING else ahead of my own personal progress. I like to read quite a bit, and I do find that I tend to get reading, follow a link here […]
Well, you can’t say that I didn’t try to obtain formal permission to blog about The Joy Within (Joan Goldstein & Manuela Soares ISBN 0-13-511338-5). I posted a request in the forums at the Simon and Schuster website, and when that attracted nothing, I found the “contact us” form on […]
In my last post, I expounded on the virtues of being happy. To dissect this topic a little further, I’ve decided to delve into the practice of finding JOY. The Cambridge Online Dictionary http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/joy_1 defines JOY as follows: Definition joy noun ( HAPPINESS ) [U] great happiness They were filled […]
Have you ever noticed that “those hippie types” tend to be happier people than most?? I’m sure there be people who simply assume that hippies are happy because they are stoned! To avoid starting a flame war on the pro’s vs con’s of the legalization of marijuana, let me make […]
Well, much to my great disappointment, I was not accepted to the program that I had applied to. The assessment was long and rather in-depth but the essence is: my ideas have great merit, I harbor tremendous passion for my work, BUT (there it is…) I carry too much personal […]
I was rather hoping to be doing the snoopy-dance-of-joy over having been accepted to the training program I’ve applied to. Well, I’m still waiting… Things seem to have been in a holding pattern for quite a while out here, and I’m really not sure why. However, I do suspect that […]
Hippie: define hippie….call ’em what you will, personally I’ve always be rather proud of the label. You don’t need to take a vow of poverty or swear off shaving your legs. You don’t need to burn bras, or attend Green Peace rallies. My father, suit and tie extraordinaire that he […]
If you’ve noticed we haven’t been around much lately, it’s because my computers QUIT!! Yes, both of them. Total hard disk failure on one, and a blown mother board on the other. A most interesting month July has been… I’m eternally grateful it’s over!! Since the “Great Computer Incident” and […]