Good Morning, God! What fun last night to dine outdoors at a rooftop restaurant in Kaimuki. It’s fun to peek into another culture or at least another cuisine. I like different. I even like it when it comes HOT. Not…
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Turmeric, Brain Health, and the Himalayan Kitchen
Tagged with: Anticancer, brain health, changing, curcumin, eating for health, Himalayan Kitchen, turmeric
Posted in A God given diversity, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Changing, Cherishing our Bodies, choices, food questions, health
Posted in A God given diversity, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Changing, Cherishing our Bodies, choices, food questions, health
Off to the Farmers’ Market and Whatevers
Good Morning, God! I’m up early as Kit needed the alarm to wake up. YAWN! He is off to his TNT training run. On his way down the stairs he said, “Tomorrow you’ll be running, too!” He said it so…
Tagged with: changing, letting Time Decompress and Fluff up, offering my squiggly self as a living sacrifice, priorities, Putting down excess Responsibility, trusting God
Posted in a hand up, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, an invitation to abundant life, becoming the change I wish to see, Changing, Farmers' Markets, humility
Posted in a hand up, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, an invitation to abundant life, becoming the change I wish to see, Changing, Farmers' Markets, humility
Paddling into Relaxing
Good Morning, God! Yesterday was a lovely S*L*O*W morning. After my Thursday morning walk, I set out for a short jog. Kit joined me on the last part and so I went a full 2 miles. I took this photo…
Tagged with: changing, Coming Up For Air, discovering I have choices, entering into a new stage and age, entering into God's Time, Maggie B, Margaret Becker, retiring as rebuilding, taking time for transitions, Who Do I Want to Be
Posted in a series of molts and upgrades, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, Changing, choices, relaxation, Transitions
Posted in a series of molts and upgrades, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, Changing, choices, relaxation, Transitions
Am I a Squiggle or a Circle?
Good Morning, God! Last week as we picked up friends to take to the airport, I was fascinated by this palm in their garden. So stalwart! So decisive! And, I couldn’t help but notice, decidedly rigid! They also had a…
Tagged with: becoming more of a squiggle, letting go of responsibilities, looking forward to reshaping, personalities and shapes, psycho-geometrics, retiring, sitting under my palm
Posted in A God given diversity, a series of molts and upgrades, adjusting, an invitation to abundant life, Changing, clapping our hands in joy, JOY, visible turnings
Posted in A God given diversity, a series of molts and upgrades, adjusting, an invitation to abundant life, Changing, clapping our hands in joy, JOY, visible turnings
Watching Time Flow By — And Flowing With It
Good Morning, God! I love sitting outside at twilight and watching the movement of both the Sun and the Moon. We go to this restaurant a day or two before the full moon because I also love going to bed…
Tagged with: changing, flowing into the future, Hope brings anticipation and joy, my Hearts need for Hope, transitions
Posted in Changing, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Transitions
Posted in Changing, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Transitions
Walking (slowly) in the Light
Good Morning, God! Yesterday I intended to jog around Kapiolani Park. I thought that after my 3.1 mile “Mango Days 5K” race on Sunday it would be doable. Not so, God. Although I did jog for a half-mile or so,…
Looking Back Three Months and Feeling Thankful
Good Morning, God! I’ve been trying to tell folks how it is that I feel so much LIGHTER since I have (mostly) retired. In truth, God, I am not yet THAT blessed with “free time” as there are a few…
Tagged with: addiction to busy
Posted in an invitation to abundant life, busy, Changing, Choosing to respond, Work
Posted in an invitation to abundant life, busy, Changing, Choosing to respond, Work
The importance of apologies
Good Morning, God! Kit and I were chatting yesterday about the power of apologies. He was saying that he is surprised at how many times someone in retailing fails to apologize when the situation clearly calls for it. Of course,…
Dr. Dean Ornish and Thomas Merton
Good Morning, God! Sometime during my Centering Prayer last night two thoughts came to me. The first related to a powerful talk by Dr. Dean Ornish on our ability to make positive changes. The second thought came from this quote…
Stress Reduction: Think SMALL
Good Morning, God! After pondering BIG social structures, I thought it might be productive to ponder some VERY SMALL stress reducing changes. This is our most recent “structural” change, God. For some time I have hung my keys on the…
A Moment with God 