We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual path. Such satisfaction with ourselves is not the same as contentment. Contentment is necessary, self-satisfaction is detrimental. To be content has to include knowing we are in the right place at the right time to facilitate our own growth. But to be self-satisfied means that we no longer realize the need for growth. All these aspects are important parts of our commitment and make us into one whole being with a one-pointed direction.
~ Ayya Khema, When the Iron Eagle Flies
How are you celebrating the 4th of July?
hmmmm... we are in the midst of that. Ben made a video of his new bike and put it on youtube. We cleaned the car. We made yummy drinks with ice, limeade and RUM. mmm I am still feeling it. We are cooking brats and made a batch of gazpacho. Dinner was yummy. We played with sparklers - more later once it's dark. Home....
How are you celebrating the 4th of July?
I washed a very large dog and a load of laundry, cooked five meals (so far) and have to go pick up a prescription.
Livin' the rock star life, I am!
Big thanks to Papi Chulo and Secret Agent Scotch for the amazing tickets!
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1. If you feel a burning need to tell someone to shut up more than three times in one day with ANY consistency....get out.
2. If you have to resist rolling your eyes twice a day with ANY consistency....get out.
3. If you find yourself adding a "...but" after any complement you give someone...get out.
4. If you're more preoccupied with what others THINK you are feeling rather than being sure yourself...get out.
5. If you spend 25% of your time pretending you aren't angry when you are...get out.
6. If your friends have to remind you or offer you compelling reasons to not get out....get out. (And get new friends)
7. If you feel a need to explain or justify your s/o's behavior to get that appalled look off of your loved ones faces or feel alright with your circumstances...get out.
But be warned about taking my advice. I'm a chronically single woman. Perhaps I have no earthly clue what I'm talking about, or I'm the most intolerant person on the planet.
How are you celebrating the 4th of July?
From the looks of it you'd think I was going to sit around in my pajamas and drink coffee until a totally inappropriate hour. But I got plans. I'm hoping to finish Ethan "the new love of my life" Canin's America America, take a shower, go to a barbecue, watch some fireworks. It's action-packed here in the land of the Supergenius.
Are you fucking KIDDING me?
After all my adventures last night, I get up this morning, and go out on the screen porch to enjoy my coffee. From the window well I hear an all too familiar dry leaf rustling sound. I look and over, yes, there's a teeny bun in the window well. Only I know it ain't my teeny bun, because he's still in the bathtub, enjoying his breakfast in bed:
Please meet Not-So-Teeny Bun. He's more like Teenage Bun and just as wily. Capturing him to remove from the window well was a bit more exciting, because he actually jumped in the window and ran around the basement.
Oy. Now I've got to figure out what to do with them, because if I just put them back outside, I envision having to fish them out of the window well every other day. Suggestions?
- 21:03 setting up a gmail (well, googlemail these days) account for Peter so I can send him private emails when I'm away #
- 21:16 the rain clouds have swept away leaving a peaceful evening sky #
- 10:29 hand sore and swollen again after yesterday's treatment - there goes the writing - and the ironing - oh bother ;-) #
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