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Boris on a bike . . . pitching health

Posted on July 28, 2020 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Boris Johnson taking a spin with Arnold Schwarzenegger. John Phillips/UK Press via Getty Images Good Morning, God! In reading a post from Treehugger I had jolly good fun seeing what being in ICU with COVID 19 can do to a man’s…

Tagged with: Boris Johnson on biking, June Mitchell and bamboo sticks
Posted in asking for help for myself, Bamboo stick exercises, Caring, compassion to care for myself, connecting, courage to see myself, Eating for health, exercising, health, Personal Power, Personal Responsibilty, Self Care, self care as maintenance, self care as self compassion and humility, self-compassion, self-control, Self-Respect

Guidance Systems Old and New

Posted on November 9, 2018 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! This is is a photo our dear friend Martha-Lee took on her recent cruise around the islands. It is a lovely photo but I wanted it for the lighthouse. Not that long ago lighthouses were important navigational…

Tagged with: Google Maps, lighthouses, navigational aids
Posted in Light, LOVE, Meaning, Personal Responsibilty, perspectives, responsibility, self care as maintenance

Venus de Milo and Me

Posted on October 29, 2016 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

Good Morning, God! New ideas have been engulfing me these last few days . . . or maybe I am just OPEN to receiving them? So, in sort of random order — because we women don’t live on a 2D LINE — 1) my…

Tagged with: Venus de Milo, Venus Expanded
Posted in A weekly day of rest, connecting, developing helpful definitions of love, LOVE, renewing, rest, Self Care, self care as maintenance, self care as self compassion and humility, The daily details of love

A New Start for a New Year

Posted on December 31, 2015 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! New Year’s Eve . . . and I am smiling in anticipation of a New Year . . . yet another chance to molt and explore other options. Yes, of course, I do realize that I can make…

Posted in a New Year, a series of molts and upgrades, connecting, self care as maintenance, self care as self compassion and humility

The Blessings of Maintenance

Posted on March 29, 2012 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

And my Inner Trash Bins are not going to empty themselves, either, are they!

Tagged with: cleaning up my heart, decompacting judgments, inner trash bins
Posted in A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, clean and tidy, LOVE, Maintenance, self care as maintenance

Self-Care — I’m Adding Self-Stretching

Posted on March 13, 2012 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

So, I’m adding to self-indulgence and self-discipline a new category — Self-Stretching!

Tagged with: ADD, appreciating failures, Body Anchor, Body Double, self-care, self-discipline, self-indulgence, Self-Stretching
Posted in learning, self care as maintenance, Self-Respect

Self Care — I’m Exploring it

Posted on March 12, 2012 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

I am learning that I need both self-indulgence AND self-discipline to take good care of my dear self.

Tagged with: self-care, self-discipline, self-indulgence, snow monkeys of Japan
Posted in Abundant Life, encourage and comfort, self care as maintenance, self care as self compassion and humility, Self-Respect

Maintenance with Uplift!

Posted on April 12, 2011 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Morning, God! My special projects are almost over and now — as I look around me — it is onward to MAINTENANCE. I’d like it, God, if maintenance got more RESPECT. In my internal “games” I give LOTS of…

Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, accepting my need for help, living within limits, Maintenance, self care as maintenance

More Small “January” Steps

Posted on January 26, 2011 by a moment with god — 2 Comments

Good Morning, God! Monday, it was a trip to my therapist. Yesterday, it was a physical assessment at 24 Hour Fitness. These don’t sound that small, but they all started with a small step. And that’s the point of Robert…

Posted in a series of molts and upgrades, Humility or Needing Help!, self care as maintenance, slow incremental change

Kit’s running a marathon, God

Posted on December 13, 2009 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Kit is running another marathon and I am feeling stressed. Stress means I need better self care. And it means I need to ask for help. I need to GET OVER the feeling of shame and inadequacy involved in needing and asking for help. Probably get over it by repeatedly asking. Not waiting until I feel ok about it.

Tagged with: living a Both And life, self care as maintenance, self care involves compassion and humility
Posted in accepting my need for help, asking for help for myself, self care as maintenance, self care as self compassion and humility, the difficulty of doing Both And, trying vs learning