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It’s All Perfect

Quote of the day:  “These days it is hard for me to find any suffering that I do not inflict on myself, over and over, any problem that isn’t born of my own fear and brittle judgment, again and again, any impossibility that doesn’t arise from my own parsimonious view: the view that what I am and what I have is not enough. Never enough. Insufficiency can be our most cherished possession. We wear it like a permanent stain. That’s why everything they keep selling us, and everything we keep buying, is some kind of soap. Worn out and fading Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Don’t Push the River – Learning Again to Listen to My Body

Quote of the day: “Don’t push the river, it flows by itself.” Note: I wrote this post Friday but didn’t post until Saturday. Nights are long when I wake up every hour because of pain. In the past, when I had nights like this, I would get uptight and upset thinking things like “I shouldn’t feel like this,” and “I need to do something to fix this.” I increased my suffering  because of my strong reaction to being “in pain” and “not sleeping well.” I am doing it differently during this trip. I knew that one of the challenges I would Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Entering a Hawaiian State of Mind

Quote of the day: “Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.” — Paul Theroux I arrived in Hilo, Hawaii a little after 7:00 PM Hawaii time, Monday.  As soon as the plane landed I called Tony, the car guy with whom I had made a verbal agreement to rent a car for my 3 1/2 months in Hawaii. As promised, Tony picked me up at the airport, drove me back to his place to get the car, and turned me loose with the car and no map on a very dark night. Tony’s business “computer” was a Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

First Steps – San Diego Journey Journal

Quote of the day: “One of the lovely things about being a human is that we are called in each moment to bring ourselves to birth.” — John O’Donohue After a very short night of sleep I am on an airplane on my way to San Diego. Smooth sailing so far. We picked up my daughter Kristi at 4:00 AM and headed to the airport through thick fog. Kristi happened to be flying to Puerto Rico today for short vacation and as travel karma would have it, our flights we’re within 1 hour of each other so we went to Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Stepping into the Unknown

Quote of the day: We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. — Henry David Thoreau Today is a day of seeing friends one last time before stepping into the unknown and leaving on winter walk-about. Tomorrow I step (or leap) across the threshold from my ordinary fairly well-known life into an adventure. Who knows what will happen, what I will learn and experience, what photos I will make? I leave early tomorrow morning and fly first to San Diego to stay overnight with some lovely friends there. Then Monday I fly to Read more…

By Marilyn, ago