or a light rain that falls prognosticating the germination of seeds planted time in advance. That rain falls smoothly, quietly caressing the leaves and softly hushing bugs inside their burrows. ...
Fractals Inside and Out's Life List
-
1. Pay it OFF
3 entries . 23 cheers1 person -
2. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
20 entries . 25 cheers547 people -
3. Daily: Meditate (personal mental sanctuary)
16 entries . 20 cheers1 person -
4. Design and sell ethnic jewelry and purses!
21 cheers1 person -
5. Go on a Retreat (min 3 days)
2 entries . 15 cheers1 person -
6. Save Roe
2 team members . 6 entries . 15 cheers26 people -
7. Travel
3 entries . 12 cheers6,107 people -
8. Take Classes: photography, pottery, small bus for instance!
3 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
9. Work through "The Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style" in the next two months.
8 cheers1 person -
10. Have/adopt a child in the next 10 years!
1 entry . 11 cheers1 person -
11. Travel to Dharamshala
8 cheers1 person -
12. Change: practice mindful eating!
4 entries . 8 cheers1 person -
13. Next 3 months: guitar, swimming and bike lessons!!
8 cheers1 person -
14. Design and paint a Mandala!
11 cheers1 person -
15. Read at least 1 book p/m this year (use ML 100 best as a guide)
10 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
16. Help sentient beings cultivate maturity and be fully present in themselves!
11 entries . 7 cheers1 person -
17. Get a PdD
1 entry . 5 cheers1 person -
18. practice mindful dating
14 entries . 9 cheers1 person -
19. Become a Yoga Instructor (offer yoga En Espanol)
3 entries . 5 cheers1 person -
20. Debunk toxic notions, delusions and myths (personal and otherwise)
8 entries . 8 cheers1 person -
21. Cultivate Unresting Curiosity!
2 entries . 8 cheers1 person -
22. Transform the rough relationship with money into a fluid manifestation of pragmatism!!-keep an expense log
2 entries . 4 cheers1 person -
23. Share 43 of my favorite websites
2 entries . 7 cheers22 people -
24. Transform default settings in my mind/body
5 entries . 2 cheers1 person -
25. Focus on creating!
2 entries . 8 cheers1 person -
26. Find Composure in each situation!
2 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
27. Recognize/zoom/seize it!
2 entries . 2 cheers2 people -
28. Daydream, ask silly questions -capture, challenge, broaden and surround!
1 entry . 1 cheer1 person
Though sundays currently splash time with visits with friends and Africa dance, I want to make room for a day visit at the Deer Park monastery. The joy of this little chant brought deep peace and reconciliation to my heart last time I visited: “no where to go, nothing to do”...
“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.”
-Helen Keller
and that’s when, doing nothing, going no where I can reach deeper underneath the impermanence of the superficial and find that something to do in the world, sweeten anothe’s moment of pain so that it does not solidify into ongoing suffering… that’s the meditation of the moment :)
“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.”
-Helen Keller
